The meaning of OBSESSED is preoccupied with or haunted by some idea, interest, etc. : being in a state of obsession —sometimes used in combination. How to use obsessed in a sentence.
OBSESSED definition: 1. unable to stop thinking about something or someone; too interested in or worried about something…. Learn more.
To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic: The conference organizer obsessed over the smallest of details. [Latin obsidēre, obsess-, to beset, occupy : ob-, on; see ob- + sedēre, to sit; see sed- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ob ses′sor n.
Definition of obsess verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive, usually passive] to completely fill your mind so that you cannot think of anything else, in a way that is not reasonable or normal. be obsessed by somebody/something He's obsessed by computers.
having an obsession (usually fol. 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.
When someone is obsessed, they've lost control of their feelings about the object of their obsession. The adjective obsessed is often used to simply mean "very interested," but when someone is truly obsessed, their interest has become compulsive, and they've begun to lose control over it.
The more our rational faculty is suppressed, the more obsessed we are by it. It was the side that seemed unnecessarily obsessed with the dark, seedy side of life.
If someone is obsessed with a person or thing, they keep thinking about them and find it difficult to think about anything else.
Obsessed refers to a state of being excessively preoccupied or consumed by thoughts, desires, or feelings about someone or something.