obsessed

adjective

ob·​sessed əb-ˈsest How to pronounce obsessed (audio)
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 How to pronounce obsessed (audio)
-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

Recent Examples on the Web Sisley also has two products that I’m obsessed with, one is the Nutritive Lip Balm and the other is their Phyto-Lip Twist in nude. Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Camille Sojit Pejcha Lindsay Talbot Roxanne Fequiere Alexander Lobrano, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024 Then Vivier became obsessed with these kinds of things like stripes, black and white and zebra. Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2024 Quite why Biden is so obsessed with this course of action is never fully explained. The Editors, National Review, 22 Feb. 2024 Even the 2-year-old's obsessed with that and wants to watch that all the time. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024 After a chance encounter on campus, Keoghan’s character Oliver Quick soon becomes obsessed with his beautiful, charming and exceedingly rich classmate Felix (played by Jacob Elordi) and attempts to infiltrate the impossible world of British high society. Leah Dolan, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024 Among the friends who visited Scorsese in the hospital was Robert De Niro, the director’s Taxi Driver star, who had become obsessed with making a movie about Jake La Motta, the troubled middleweight boxing champion from 1949 to 1951. Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024 But becoming obsessed with a toned body could also stem from a negative body image or an overly restrictive diet, and there are misunderstandings about what having a toned body means or requires from each individual. Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024 Naturally, Grande sought out Carey — an expert on dodging obsessed spectators — for the song’s official remix. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of obsessed was in 1888

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“Obsessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsessed. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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