: 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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But the irony is that the fictional worlds I was most obsessed with had no place for me either.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
In Mysterious Skin, 1980s Kansas teenager Neil (Gordon-Levitt) becomes a hustler, and Brian (Brady Corbet) becomes obsessed with UFOs, years after playing on the same little league team and experiencing a mutual childhood trauma, during which Brian is convinced they were abducted by aliens.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Fans worldwide have become obsessed with the story's complex world-building, which features different ranks of slayers and specialized breathing techniques that aid them in battle.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Your mom, wife, or the hostess with the mostest will become obsessed: That’s a guarantee.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
In Mysterious Skin, 1980s Kansas teenager Neil (Gordon-Levitt) becomes a hustler, and Brian (Brady Corbet) becomes obsessed with UFOs, years after playing on the same little league team and experiencing a mutual childhood trauma, during which Brian is convinced they were abducted by aliens.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Fans worldwide have become obsessed with the story's complex world-building, which features different ranks of slayers and specialized breathing techniques that aid them in battle.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Your mom, wife, or the hostess with the mostest will become obsessed: That’s a guarantee.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 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 2 Oct. 2025.
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