obsessed

adjective

ob·​sessed əb-ˈsest 

äb-

: 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

Gatsby the obsessed lover, erecting an empire and stringing it with lights to impress a girl …

—Claudia Roth Pierpont

She was at once obsessed with being a good person and brutal to the people who worked for her.

—Rachel Abramowitz

But 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 combination

a sports-obsessed teenager

obsessedly

əb-ˈse-səd-lē 

-ˈsest-lē

äb-

adverb

"He wants her to be free of him and she doesn't know that she is obsessedly in love with him."

—Anthony Hopkins

Synonyms

• happy
• hung up
• queer

Examples of obsessed in a Sentence

the youngster was so obsessed with video games that he had little interest in playing outside

Recent Examples on the Web

But more important to me is why everyone seems so weirdly obsessed with Rick. —Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025

The actress stars as Ellen Hutter, a newlywed with whom Nosferatu becomes obsessed, in the gothic fantasy film. —Mariel Turner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025

But in February, a teenager died by suicide after becoming obsessed with a Character. —Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024

Baby animal fever spread like wildfire this fall when the internet became absolutely obsessed with two especially big stars. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of obsess

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing obsessed

• self-obsessed