: 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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The darkly comedic play by Julia Randall follows Ella as the titular character, a wealthy young woman who becomes obsessed with the online attention her late classmate receives after her sudden death.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 19 June 2025
Really obsessed with both their albums, but the new one [2025’s Cotton Crown] especially captured our attention in a major way.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 18 June 2025
Dever became obsessed with alternative therapies after her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
But once upon a time, before teams became obsessed with projections and modeling, the most effective way to evaluate a trade was by asking the question: Who got the best player in the deal?
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Raven Brunner, People.com, 19 June 2025
Really obsessed with both their albums, but the new one [2025’s Cotton Crown] especially captured our attention in a major way.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 18 June 2025
Dever became obsessed with alternative therapies after her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
But once upon a time, before teams became obsessed with projections and modeling, the most effective way to evaluate a trade was by asking the question: Who got the best player in the deal?
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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“Obsessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsessed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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