: 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
Bill BrysonGatsby the obsessed lover, erecting an empire and stringing it with lights to impress a girl …—Claudia Roth Pierpont
Claudia Roth PierpontShe was at once obsessed with being a good person and brutal to the people who worked for her.—Rachel Abramowitz
Rachel AbramowitzBut 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 combinationUnity Blotta sports-obsessed teenager
obsessedly
adverb
"He wants her to be free of him and she doesn't know that she is obsessedly in love with him."
—Anthony Hopkins
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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Authorities framed the killings as the work of a jealous and enraged lover who became obsessed with Maria Tran while the two had an affair in the months leading up to the shooting.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
For so long, the art world has been quite conservative and obsessed in its categorization: an art fair has to look like this, a gallery has to be run like that.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
The Klan organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close.
After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Or, if you’re obsessed with your current comforter but still need a little extra weight for winter, check out this blue diamond gauze quilt, which makes for the ideal bedding layer.
—Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
For so long, the art world has been quite conservative and obsessed in its categorization: an art fair has to look like this, a gallery has to be run like that.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
The Klan organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close.
After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Or, if you’re obsessed with your current comforter but still need a little extra weight for winter, check out this blue diamond gauze quilt, which makes for the ideal bedding layer.
—Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Obsessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsessed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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