obsessedadjective
uk/əbˈsest/us/əbˈsest/B2 unable to stop thinking about something; too interested in or worried about something:
Why are people so obsessed with money?
As a society we're obsessed by sex.
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- He's obsessed with Barbra Streisand and collects anything and everything connected with her.
- Mankind has always been obsessed by power.
- She is obsessed with personal hygiene.
- The author of the book seems to be obsessed with sexual perversity and death.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continually thinking about
- absorb
- absorbed
- axe
- be devoured by sth idiom
- be hung up on sth idiom
- be wrapped up in sth/sb idiom
- devour
- fixated
- fixation
- get into sb
- have an axe to grind idiom
- have sth on the brain idiom
- mania
- nag
- obsessive
- one-track mind
- preoccupation
- preoccupied
- preoccupy
- prey
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