Obsessed synonyms

/əbˈsɛst/ If you visit your grandmother and discover that she has collected so many clown dolls and clown paintings that her house is full of them, you may worry that she's become obsessed with clowns. An obsession with something is an unhealthy, extreme interest in it. 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 Latin root is obsessus, or "besieged," and when you're obsessed, your mind has been besieged by uncontrollable thoughts of something.

obsess / əbˈsɛs/ vb • ( tr; when passive, followed by with or by) to preoccupy completely; haunt • ( intr; usually followed by on or over) to worry neurotically or obsessively; brood Etymology: 16 th Century: from Latin obsessus besieged, past participle of obsidēre, from ob- in front of + sedēre to sit

/əbˈsɛs/ Other forms: obsessed; obsessing; obsesses If you obsess about something, you constantly think about it, like kids who obsess about their grades so much, they get upset before every test. Obsess comes from the Latin word obsessus, which means to besiege, the way obsessive thoughts can besiege, or attack, your mind. You can obsess about something, like the tiny spot on your shoes that no one can even see, or be obsessed, or haunted or preoccupied by something. For example, the memory of a big, delicious dinner could obsess a hungry man.