: 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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Football has become obsessed with globalisation, but the sport — as opposed to the business — is still fuelled by what happens at a local level.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 3 July 2025
Studios is out with Alicia Silverstone in erotic thriller Pretty Thing as a successful executive in a torrid affair with a younger man (Karl Glusman) who becomes obsessed with her.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 July 2025
But hey, there are worst places than Paris for your kid to become obsessed with.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 2 July 2025
Headquartered outside Boston, the company evolved from a challenger brand into a category leader by embracing a distinctly modern approach to innovation: fast, consumer obsessed and relentlessly execution focused.
—Partner Content, Variety, 27 June 2025
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 3 July 2025
Studios is out with Alicia Silverstone in erotic thriller Pretty Thing as a successful executive in a torrid affair with a younger man (Karl Glusman) who becomes obsessed with her.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 July 2025
But hey, there are worst places than Paris for your kid to become obsessed with.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 2 July 2025
Headquartered outside Boston, the company evolved from a challenger brand into a category leader by embracing a distinctly modern approach to innovation: fast, consumer obsessed and relentlessly execution focused.
—Partner Content, Variety, 27 June 2025
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“Obsessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsessed. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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