obsessed

[uhb-sest] / əbˈsɛst /

ADJECTIVE

consumed, driven about belief, desire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

captivated dominated haunted preoccupied troubled

STRONG

bedeviled beset bewitched controlled dogged engrossed fixated gripped harassed held hooked infatuated overpowered plagued possessed prepossessed seized tormented

WEAK

eat, sleep, and breathe fiendish have on the brain hung up on immersed in into really into taken over tied-up turned on up to here in wound up with wrapped up in

Antonyms

STRONG

disenchanted

WEAK

indifferent unconcerned

Example Sentences

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Wealthy investors are now obsessed with losing, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

He slowly became obsessed with the idea that high fees were a moral wrong perpetrated on American investors by an ethically bankrupt Wall Street fund-management industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The Barbie actor tells the BBC she first heard about the project years ago, when it was just a script "and everyone was telling me I'd be obsessed with it, and they were right".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

They’d probably order that every day if they had their way — they’re obsessed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Word is he didn’t get why everybody was obsessed with me when our parents brought me home because I was just a “li’l bit cute, not a lot.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

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