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adjectivehaving an obsession (usually followed by with or by): He is obsessed with eliminating guilt. having or displaying signs of an obsession: The audiophile entered the record store wearing an obsessed smile. Origin of obsessedFirst recorded in 1835–45; obsess + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM obsessedself-ob·sessed, adjectiveun·ob·sessed, adjectiveWords nearby obsessedobservation post, observatory, observe, observer, obsess, obsessed, obsession, obsessive, obsessive-compulsive, obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsidian Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for obsessedI became obsessed with Parray and his decision to leave his university career midway and join the militant ranks. Four Sons, One War: All Dead|Eugene Robinson|September 25, 2020|Ozy Hopefully, now you have a better idea about the addictive scrolling app that Gen Zers are so obsessed with. What you must know about TikTok for business|Connie Benton|September 17, 2020|Search Engine Watch What Phelps became obsessed with was what, exactly, leads to human flourishing, and how that translates to innovation and economic growth. Honey, I Grew the Economy (Ep. 399)|Stephen J. Dubner|December 5, 2019|Freakonomics I became obsessed by the power of genomics to try and get to the answer of rare childhood diseases and cancer and other things. The Prime Minister Who Cried Brexit (Ep. 392)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 10, 2019|Freakonomics
Texas is a convenient base for any Christian obsessed with Israel. The Strange Case of the Christian Zionist Terrorist|Creede Newton|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was obsessed with detail and had a slow, meandering style. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST I suppose if you get obsessed with the notion of being a writer more than the writing itself, that would be bad. The Veteran Who Took Home the National Book Award|Jacob Siegel|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Raphael Lemkin was, by all accounts, obsessed with genocide long before he invented a name for it. The Man Who Invented the Word ‘Genocide’|Nina Strochlic|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST She was obsessed with the flower-printed, scented toilet paper. How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian State|Lizzie Crocker|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST And to Kneedrock's obsessed vision this became more than a suggestion, more than a similarity. He is obsessed, I know beyond any doubt, with the idea of vengeance on the second mate. The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London Obsessed by the vision of his victims, he described their agonies drawn out or hastened, their cries, the rattle in their throats. Oh, well, put in Miss Campbell, she is just an angry old spinster who got obsessed with dates and then had a rude awakening. The Motor Maids Across the Continent|Katherine Stokes In both movements the leading figures were men who were obsessed with the idea of building a new world. A Grammar of Freethought|Chapman Cohen
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