fixated

[fik-sey-tid] / ˈfɪk seɪ tɪd /

ADJECTIVE

obsessed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

captivated dominated haunted preoccupied troubled

STRONG

bedeviled beset bewitched controlled dogged engrossed 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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The character, fixated by a particular hat in his painting, sings "all it has to be is good", the lyric quoted in the co-stars' Instagram caption.

From BBC

Homeowners are often so fixated on what will increase the value of their property that they forget they are supposed to enjoy the space, too.

From MarketWatch

Alas, children these days spend many of their waking hours indoors, fixated on screens.

From The Wall Street Journal

So why is it this one I’m fixated on?

From Los Angeles Times

I look that way and oops, there’s Gene, doing his best impression of a fixated hyena or grizzly or something.

From Literature

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