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
Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 May 2026
And most importantly, why is everyone so obsessed with the idea of achieving smooth, poreless skin?
—Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
The internet is obsessed with the question of why Patricia doesn’t unmask the killer.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
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Adjective
Josko Gvardiol, Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji all played those positions after Guardiola became obsessed with one-on-one battles and ‘winning the duels’, almost talking about football in old-fashioned English terms.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 May 2026
And most importantly, why is everyone so obsessed with the idea of achieving smooth, poreless skin?
—Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Verb
After turning heads with $600 boots at her husband, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s, swearing-in ceremony, Duwaji has once again captured the attention of the fashion-obsessed with a look inspired by the New York Knicks.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
The internet is obsessed with the question of why Patricia doesn’t unmask the killer.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessed
Adjective
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Many small business owners struggle to provide retirement plans, according to a Senate legislative analyst, and Americans are growing increasingly worried about their financial security in retirement.—
Madeline Luebkert,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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But, garnering the support from those within the Big Ten and SEC footprint is clearly not an aspect of this process that both Cantwell and Cruz are worried about.—
Trey Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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Between 2015 and 2025, the UK attracted 949 FDI projects, more than France and Germany combined, according to EY, a professional services firm.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
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The soldier’s death attracted nationwide condemnation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
Adjective
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This was Vance, very intentionally pushed to front and center by a president clearly concerned about what comes next, and who gets the blame for it.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Americans are also concerned about personal information and AI.—
Emily Guskin,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Verb
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What interested him was the gap between the performance of power and whatever lives underneath it.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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That’s a cheap and easy analogy, but that’s what interested me to want to make this show.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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This finding specifically held true for people with fearful and preoccupied attachment styles, two subtypes of insecure attachment associated with a craving for intimacy but, respectively, a deep fear of it or a fear of rejection and abandonment.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
20 June 2026
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The phrase recalls the socialist Gilded Age mayors whom critics derided as too preoccupied with managing public works projects.—
Matt Brown,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
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Non-JoJo Siwa Cruise attendees seemed intrigued by the events, from what Johnson saw.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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When Blue Ruby’s Yuba County property came on the market, the Ladeiras were intrigued.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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Sandy is happy with the decision as well.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
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The open-air happy-hour atmosphere is laid-back, family-friendly, community-oriented, and tropical while still delivering on quality music.—
Staff Author,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
Verb
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About 60 of the items on the list were lifelong dreams or adventures that had always fascinated him.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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Part of what fascinated me about their presentation was not only their refusal to kowtow to male desire, which for decades had a stranglehold on rock aesthetics, but a concomitant disavowal of commercialism.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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