Obsessed Meaning
/əbˈsɛst/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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verbsimple past and past participle of obsess
adjIntensely preoccupied with or by a given topic or emotion; driven by a specified obsession.
"What was starting to unsettle him, to frighten him, was the idea that Merry was less horrified now than curious, and soon he himself became obsessed, though not, like her, by the self-immolators in Vietnam but by the change of demeanor of his eleven-year-old."— 1997, Philip Roth, American Pastoral:
adjInfluenced or controlled by evil spirits, but less than possessed in that the spirits do not actually reside in the victim.
"Believing that an evil spirit is trying to obsess one is a dangerous belief, and when one comes to believe he is obsessed by an evil spirit, though there is not an evil spirit within a thousand miles of him, he will have all the symptoms."— 1915, E. W. Sprague, Spirit Obsession Or a False Doctrine & A Menace to Modern Spiritualism, →ISBN, page 86:
Sentence Examples
The man was obsessed with fear that the secret might be disclosed.
Carl, you're obsessed with money.
After seeing her provocative body, he became obsessed with her.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He was so ____ with the video game that he played it for ten hours straight.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He became completely ____ with finding the lost treasure after reading about it in a history book.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He was so ____ with the video game that he played it for ten hours straight.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He became completely ____ with finding the lost treasure after reading about it in a history book.