: 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. His principal obsession was trying to economize.—
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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One man who became obsessed with Garfield after his 1880 speech was the eccentric Charles Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen), and the series follows his attempts to get a job in the administration.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
If headlines are any indication, at no point in recent history has the American public been more obsessed with the toilets in their national parks.
—Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Then again, why not celebrate Christmas in a country that’s so festive-obsessed, decorations are usually in place in most homes by early fall?
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Music fans remain obsessed with how the site rates their favorites, and artists have Pitchfork on their mind too.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
If headlines are any indication, at no point in recent history has the American public been more obsessed with the toilets in their national parks.
—Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Then again, why not celebrate Christmas in a country that’s so festive-obsessed, decorations are usually in place in most homes by early fall?
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Music fans remain obsessed with how the site rates their favorites, and artists have Pitchfork on their mind too.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for obsessed
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“Obsessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsessed. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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