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# obsessed

adjective (obsessed; more obsessed); verb form (past tense and past participle of obsess: obsess, obsesses, obsessed, obsessing)

«obsessed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Thinking about something or someone all the time, so it fills your mind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/#m1)
2. (informal) Loving something very much, as in "I'm obsessed with this song". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/#m2)
3. (health) Troubled by thoughts that keep coming back and are hard to stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/#m3)

### In the lessons

Everyday and teenage talk: "obsessed with dinosaurs", "obsessed with football". In stories, an obsessed character cannot stop chasing a goal. In health talk, OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) is an illness, not just liking things tidy. Phrases: "obsessed with", "obsessed by".

### Examples

- My little brother is obsessed with dinosaurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/#x1)
- I'm obsessed with this new song! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/#x2)
- The detective was obsessed with solving the case. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/#x3)
- She's obsessed with keeping her room tidy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/#x4)
- He became obsessed with winning and forgot to have fun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/#x5)
- Some people are obsessed with their phones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/#x6)
- The scientist was obsessed by one question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/#x7)

### Note

Usually "obsessed with" (or "by"). Spelling: double s twice: o-b-s-e-s-s-e-d. Noun "obsession"; adjective "obsessive". Don't say "I'm so OCD" to mean tidy; OCD is a real illness.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «obsessed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obsessed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«obsessed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/obsessed.html) on Mova free.