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Obsessed Common

Obsessed has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of obsess

"She was obsessed with finding the perfect gift for her friend's birthday party last week."

Adjective
1

having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

"became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"

"was absolutely obsessed with the girl"

"got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"

"he was taken up in worry for the old woman"

2

influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion

"by love possessed"

3

Intensely preoccupied with or by a given topic or emotion; driven by a specified obsession.

"After watching every episode of that show, I became obsessed with finding out who the real killer was."

Example Sentences
"became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle" adjective
"was absolutely obsessed with the girl" adjective
"got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children" adjective
"he was taken up in worry for the old woman" adjective
"by love possessed" adjective
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Rhyming Words
sed used rised tased assed hosed cased fused arsed lysed bused wised based nosed posed eased losed mused dosed lapsed
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