obsessed

adjective

ob·​sessed əb-ˈsest 

äb-

: 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

Synonyms

• happy
• hung up
• queer

Examples of obsessed in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Intense, weird, different, arrogant, crazy, selfish and obsessed. —Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024

Who but a madman would become obsessed with the stuff? —Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024

Johnstone confirms the bot is still very much obsessed with Cady, who appears to be taking after her aunt by working on robotics. —Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024

Everything’s about this cancel culture now, and everybody’s obsessed with this whole thing about how you’re supposed to behave. —Andrew Goldman, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of obsess

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing obsessed

• self-obsessed