as in worried
having extreme or relentless concern
the youngster was so obsessed with video games that he had little interest in playing outside
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as in attracted
to hold one's attention to an extreme degree
The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching.
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Recent Examples of obsessed
Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 12 May 2026
Now, that style of play comes to life as the most obsessed and competitive players will team up in squads and go head-to-head in the Wordle arena, playing for an incredible cash prize, per the logline.
—Peter White, Deadline, 11 May 2026
Parents, 29 May 2026
My 16-month-old baby girl is just really curious and obsessed with her tiny little nose.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
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Adjective
Collectively, we’re all obsessed with the perfect pouts created by celebrity makeup artist Nina Park, whose A-list clientele includes Zoë Kravitz, Emma Stone, Hailey Bieber, and more.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 12 May 2026
Now, that style of play comes to life as the most obsessed and competitive players will team up in squads and go head-to-head in the Wordle arena, playing for an incredible cash prize, per the logline.
—Peter White, Deadline, 11 May 2026
Verb
Construction Vehicles Song All kids, regardless of gender, seem to go through a phase where they are obsessed with learning about vehicles of all kinds.
—Parents, 29 May 2026
My 16-month-old baby girl is just really curious and obsessed with her tiny little nose.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessed
Adjective
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Some worried they might be deported and separated from their families and have even considered leaving the area or the country to avoid deportation.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Lopez isn't worried about meeting someone new.—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Also reported this morning, the latter Swede is being linked with a loan to Ajax while Casado has attracted interest from Saudi Arabia and AS Monaco where Ansu Fati has enjoyed a highly successful temporary assignment in 2025/2026.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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There’s just so many things beyond human connection that people are more attracted to now.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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However, some critics are also concerned that getting a weight loss prescription online is usually much easier than getting one through an in-person appointment.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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That's leading seniors to be increasingly concerned about what could happen to their monthly benefits if creditors come calling.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Verb
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To my surprise, that interested him—most men wouldn’t have wanted to hear about it.—
Joyce Johnson,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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Around the same time, Barwick and his then-student, Peter Haine, independently came up with a slightly different definition in order to answer a particular question in category theory that interested them.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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The property, which sits on three and a half acres in Wilton, Connecticut, had been owned for more than five decades by the president of a regional hosta society who was mostly preoccupied with the landscaping.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
16 May 2026
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Sometimes someone’s sullen or preoccupied or way too wound up.—
Risa Polansky Shiman,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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The setting is an unidentified town in Ohio in the early 1970s, a rec center that plays host to a weekly meeting of seven women, all walks of life, who are intrigued by this new talk of Women’s Liberation and consciousness-raising.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
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The way they’re being listened to, the way a judge might nod at them or laugh at them or look intrigued by them.—
Elliot Mann,
Twin Cities,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Many of those staying are fans of the Surrey Hills Beaverbrook original, deliriously happy that there’s now an equally stylish offshoot in the capital, too.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Duolingo is about to make a lot of language learners very happy.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
Verb
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But he’s always been fascinated by this heroine’s story.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
30 May 2026
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The combined disgust, discomfort, ignorance, and fascination with our Indigeneity that unsettled my aunties and fascinated my cousins made more sense to me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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