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obsessed

[uhb-sest]

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adjective

having an obsession (usually followed by with or by): He is obsessed with eliminating guilt.

having or displaying signs of an obsession: The audiophile entered the record store wearing an obsessed smile.

Origin:
1835–45; obsess + -ed²

Related forms

self-ob·sessed, adjective

un·ob·sessed, adjective

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Obsessed is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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verb (used with object)

to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.

verb (used without object)

to think about something unceasingly or persistently; dwell obsessively upon something.

Origin:
1495–1505; < Latin obsessus, past participle of obsidēre to occupy, frequent, besiege, equivalent to ob- ob- + -sid(ēre) combining form of sedēre to sit

Related forms

ob·sess·ing·ly, adverb

ob·ses·sor, noun

Can be confused: abscess, obsess.

Synonyms
1. possess, control, haunt.

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Word Origin & History

obsessed

1620s, pp. adj. from obsess.