: 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 doc follows an aging shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 2 May 2025
The screenwriter became obsessed with tennis during the 2018 rivalry between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, but what fascinated him was imagining what might be going on in the players’ minds.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2025
These coaches, these GMs are obsessed, desperate, nomadic people who just want to win games and not move their families to another city after they’re fired.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The minutia, those details of the human condition and our vulnerability, and our flaws; he’s so beautifully obsessed with those details.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 2 May 2025
The screenwriter became obsessed with tennis during the 2018 rivalry between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, but what fascinated him was imagining what might be going on in the players’ minds.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2025
These coaches, these GMs are obsessed, desperate, nomadic people who just want to win games and not move their families to another city after they’re fired.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The minutia, those details of the human condition and our vulnerability, and our flaws; he’s so beautifully obsessed with those details.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 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 10 May. 2025.
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