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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But the farmer who runs the outfit is obsessed with something else: the soaring price of fuel.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

There’s also a family restaurant that’s struggling and could really use the help of a talented would-be chef obsessed with Italian cuisine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Schulz, who was carrying his own gnome and his friend’s, only learned that people were utterly obsessed with them after buying his bearded souvenir.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Jordan Clarke, the founder of Footballerfits, an Instagram platform that explores the link between behind football and fashion culture, says it is not just football fans that are obsessed with nostalgia.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

She had become so obsessed with finding my name she forgot why she was looking for it in the first place.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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