obsessed
[adjective]
Synonyms: preoccupied, dominated, gripped, haunted, hung up on (slang), infatuated, troubled

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Contrasted words: detached, unconcerned, uninterested, indifferent, neutral, cool, easygoing
Related Idioms: have on the brain
Related Words: bewitched, dominated, gripped, held, possessed, prepossessed, bedeviled, beset, dogged, harassed, haunted, plagued, troubled, overcome

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obsessed /əbˈsest/
adjective
unable to stop thinking about something; too interested in or worried about something:
Why are people so obsessed with money?
As a society we're obsessed by sex.

obsess /əbˈses/
verb [I or T]
If something or someone obsesses you, or if you obsess about something or someone, you think about them all the time:
The whole relationship obsessed me for years.
She used to obsess about her weight.

obsession /əbˈseʃ.^ən/
noun [C or U]
something or someone that you think about all the time:
an unhealthy obsession with death
her chocolate obsession
He's always wanted to find his natural mother but recently it's become an obsession.

obsessive /əbˈses.ɪv/
adjective (ALSO obsessional)
obsessive secrecy
He's obsessive about punctuality.
obsessional behaviour

obsessively /əbˈses.ɪv.li/
adverb (ALSO obsessionally)

obsessive /əbˈses.ɪv/
noun [C] SPECIALIZED
an obsessive person

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