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Meaning of OBSESSED

Pronunciation:  ubs'est

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"
  2. [adj]  influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; "by love possessed"
 
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 Synonyms: concerned, controlled, haunted, possessed(p), preoccupied, taken up(p)
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: absorbed, absorbed in, affected, agonized, bedeviled, beset, besotted, bewitched, buried in, caught up in, contemplating, contemplative, devoted, devoted to, devoured by, dogged, dominated, engaged, engrossed, engrossed in, fixated, ghost-haunted, ghost-ridden, gripped, hag-ridden, harassed, haunted, held, hipped, hung-up, imbued with, immersed in, impressed, impressed with, infatuated, intent, intent on, involved, lost in, meditating, meditative, mindful, monomaniac, monomaniacal, monopolized, moved, nagged, obsessed by, occupied, overcome, penetrated with, plagued, possessed, preoccupied, prepossessed, queer, racked, rankled, remembering, seized with, single-minded, specter-haunted, spirit-haunted, spooked, spooky, stricken, studious, studying, submerged in, swept up, taken up with, torn, tortured, totally absorbed, touched, troubled, unable to forget, witch-charmed, witched, witch-held, witch-struck, wracked, wrapped in, wrapped up in
 

 

 

 

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