obsessed; obsessing; obsesses
: to haunt or excessively preoccupy the mind of
was obsessed with the idea
She was obsessed with her car.
: to engage in obsessive thinking : become obsessed with an idea
He's always obsessing over money.
Examples of obsess in a Sentence
The war obsesses him—he talks about nothing else.
You need to stop obsessing and just deal with the problem.
Recent Examples on the Web
Our favorite young stars wore these styles on and off the red carpet and we’re still obsessed with these styles today.
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Essence, 12 Apr. 2024
But at a deeper level, Parks is obsessed with the interplay between devastation and joy.
—Imani Perry Janina Edwards Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
This was around the time that HBO dropped the fourth season of Succession and the internet was obsessed with decoding the wealthy aesthetics of the Roy family.
—Kai McNamee, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
Nobody remembers the people in the image, causing Becky’s 6-year-old daughter Beverly Rose (Charlotte Sanchez) to obsess about death.
—Jim Halterman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
Darling lobbied for the lead in a screen adaptation of Gore Vidal’s raucous Myra Breckinridge, a novel about a trans woman who, like Darling herself, is obsessed with fashioning herself into an Old Hollywood actor.
—Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
All through the 2000s, I was obsessed with the unique Asturian heritage of pre-Romanesque churches dating from the sixth to ninth centuries.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
Which is an interesting way of saying that nerds are going to be spending their Monday shooting a bunch of rockets from that little island horse girls are obsessed with, but OK.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Like many American teenagers, Noah Faulkner, 16, is obsessed with music.
—Stephen Deusner, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Essence, 12 Apr. 2024
But at a deeper level, Parks is obsessed with the interplay between devastation and joy.
—Imani Perry Janina Edwards Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
This was around the time that HBO dropped the fourth season of Succession and the internet was obsessed with decoding the wealthy aesthetics of the Roy family.
—Kai McNamee, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
Nobody remembers the people in the image, causing Becky’s 6-year-old daughter Beverly Rose (Charlotte Sanchez) to obsess about death.
—Jim Halterman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
Darling lobbied for the lead in a screen adaptation of Gore Vidal’s raucous Myra Breckinridge, a novel about a trans woman who, like Darling herself, is obsessed with fashioning herself into an Old Hollywood actor.
—Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
All through the 2000s, I was obsessed with the unique Asturian heritage of pre-Romanesque churches dating from the sixth to ninth centuries.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
Which is an interesting way of saying that nerds are going to be spending their Monday shooting a bunch of rockets from that little island horse girls are obsessed with, but OK.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Like many American teenagers, Noah Faulkner, 16, is obsessed with music.
—Stephen Deusner, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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obsess
verb
ob·sess
əb-ˈses 
äb-
: to occupy the mind of completely or abnormally
obsessed with this new scheme
Medical Definition
obsess
transitive verb
ob·sess
əb-ˈses, äb-
: to preoccupy intensely or abnormally
was obsessed with success
: to engage in obsessive thinking
solve problems rather than obsess about them—Carol Tavris
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