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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Australia has been obsessed with Eurovision since Abba won in 1974.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Streeting was obsessed with Labour politics from an early age, which, he told FE Week, made him unpopular with his schoolmates.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The more I ask about it, the more obsessed it becomes with my disease.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

The city is precious to Mr. Salam: “I am obsessed with it and with our changing politics.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Like an architectural historian obsessed with only one building, Lewis had been studying the construction of fruit flies for nearly two decades.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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