obsessed

adjective

ob·sessed əb-ˈsest

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Synonyms of obsessed next

: preoccupied with or haunted by some idea, interest, etc. : being in a state of obsession

This was because on vacations my father was a man obsessed.—

Bill Bryson

Gatsby the obsessed lover, erecting an empire and stringing it with lights to impress a girl …—

Claudia Roth Pierpont

She was at once obsessed with being a good person and brutal to the people who worked for her.—

Rachel Abramowitz

But it seems we're becoming so obsessed with healthy eating, we are embarking on up to three different diets a year.—

Unity Blott

—sometimes used in combination

a sports-obsessed teenager

obsessedly

əb-ˈse-səd-lē

-ˈsest-lē

äb-

adverb

"He wants her to be free of him and she doesn't know that she is obsessedly in love with him." —

Anthony Hopkins

Examples of obsessed in a Sentence

the youngster was so obsessed with video games that he had little interest in playing outside

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Ava is obviously very obsessed with true crime, and Tory has sort of turned a blind eye to it. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024 Would someone so dangerous be so obsessed with their dead mother? —

Maeve Dunigan, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024 The film follows an aging shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. —

Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024 A bit obsessed with Hollywood stars and filmmaking (at which he’s tried his hand), Kern doesn’t think small. —

Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for obsessed