wound up with

ADJECTIVE

obsessed

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 wrapped up in

Antonyms

STRONG

disenchanted

WEAK

indifferent unconcerned

Example Sentences

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That may help explain how we wound up with “Alice in Wonderland”-style competing proclamations that made it sound as if Xi and Trump had been in different conversations, or perhaps different universes.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

When that failed, Bilt wound up with private-credit funding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The company wound up with a 14% higher head count year over year, von Ahn wrote on LinkedIn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Can you just talk us through how Wyoming, of all places, wound up with such incredibly robust protection for reproductive freedom?

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

Mrs. Kedzie wound up with nothing to manage, as “all business was suspended” by Leah, who pleaded with the spirits to cure Charley “for several days.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

wound up with

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