: 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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Some in the Mar-a-Lago orbit were obsessed with details, but, as one outside adviser put it, were more obsessed about booking a lunch or dinner, hoping to bump into the president-elect to lobby for jobs.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
And these years in Philadelphia proved troubled ones: As the city’s industrial life was hollowed out, Lynch became obsessed with its factory smokestacks and pervasive smog.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Earlier this month, Shields spoke with Real Simple for their cover story and shared what it's been like raising her two daughters in a culture that seems to be so obsessed with being younger.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
His stepfather, Walter Eggers, was an English professor and provost at the University of New Hampshire (and a film buff) and Robert subsequently became obsessed with performing and storytelling.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
And these years in Philadelphia proved troubled ones: As the city’s industrial life was hollowed out, Lynch became obsessed with its factory smokestacks and pervasive smog.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Earlier this month, Shields spoke with Real Simple for their cover story and shared what it's been like raising her two daughters in a culture that seems to be so obsessed with being younger.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
His stepfather, Walter Eggers, was an English professor and provost at the University of New Hampshire (and a film buff) and Robert subsequently became obsessed with performing and storytelling.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Obsessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsessed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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