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having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something. “was absolutely obsessed with the girl” synonyms: haunted, preoccupied, taken up. concerned. feeling or showing worry or solicitude. adjective. influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion. synonyms: possessed. controlled.
Obsessed definition: having an obsession (usually followed by with or by). See examples of OBSESSED used in a sentence.
If something or someone obsesses you, or if you obsess about something or someone, you think about it, him, or her all the time: The whole relationship obsessed me for years. She used to obsess about her weight. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continually thinking about. absorbed. axe. be devoured by something idiom.
: to haunt or excessively preoccupy the mind of. was obsessed with the idea. She was obsessed with her car. intransitive verb. : to engage in obsessive thinking : become obsessed with an idea. He's always obsessing over money. Examples of obsess in a Sentence. The war obsesses him—he talks about nothing else.
[intransitive] obsess (about something) to be always talking or worrying about a particular thing, especially when this annoys other people. I think you should try to stop obsessing about food. see also self-obsessed. Word Origin. See obsess in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: obsess.
to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him. Synonyms: haunt, control, possess. verb (used without object) to think about something unceasingly or persistently; dwell obsessively upon something. obsess. / əbˈsɛs / verb.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ob‧sess /əbˈses/ verb 1 [ transitive] if something or someone obsesses you, you think or worry about them all the time and you cannot think about anything else – used to show disapproval be obsessed by/with something/somebody A lot of young girls are obsessed by their weight.
