obsessed

ob-sessed · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Preoccupied or filled with thoughts of something or someone to a troubling extent.

  2. 2.

    Excessively devoted to or enthusiastic about something.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    obsessed with — extremely interested in or worried about something
  • •
    become obsessed — to develop an unhealthy fixation

Related words

Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, unconcerned
See also: fixated, obsession, obsessive
Synonyms: consumed, fixated, infatuated, preoccupied

Etymology

Past participle of obsess, from Latin obsessus, past participle of obsidere ("to besiege, occupy"), from ob- ("before, against") + sedere ("to sit").