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Definitions: Obsessed |
ObsessedAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "obsessed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
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Satire | OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus tells of a peasant who was occupied by a different devil for every day in the week, and on Sundays by two. They were frequently seen, always walking in his shadow, when he had one, but were finally driven away by the village notary, a holy man; but they took the peasant with them, for he vanished utterly. A devil thrown out of a woman by the Archbishop of Rheims ran through the trees, pursued by a hundred persons, until the open country was reached, where by a leap higher than a church spire he escaped into a bird. A chaplain in Cromwell's army exorcised a soldier's obsessing devil by throwing the soldier into the water, when the devil came to the surface. The soldier, unfortunately, did not. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: ObsessedSynonyms: haunted (adj), possessed(p) (adj), preoccupied (adj), taken up(p) (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Obsessed |
| English words defined with "obsessed": designing ♦ haunted ♦ maniacally, monomaniacal ♦ preoccupied ♦ ridden ♦ scheming ♦ taken up. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "obsessed": Munchking ♦ obsessed. (references) |
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Screenplays | He's smart, he's sensitive, he's clearly not obsessed with his physical appearance (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) What obsessed God in heaven to make a man like Rambo? (First Blood; writing credit: David Morrell; Michael Kozoll) You're Obsessed with fat lady. (Independence Day; writing credit: Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich) He seems to be obsessed with super hero sex organs. (Mallrats; writing credit: Kevin Smith) I am not obsessed with asses. (Curb Your Enthusiasm; writing credit: Larry David) | |
Lyrics | People say I'm obsessed (She drives me crazy; performing artist: Fine Young Cannibals) Not only in love, I was obsessed, (Simple Kind of Life; performing artist: No Doubt) I think I might be obsessed (You're Makin Me High; performing artist: Toni Braxton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Obsessed (2003) Woman Obsessed (1959) Venus Obsessed (1952) Obsessed (2002) Invincible Obsessed Fighter (1983) | |
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Economic History | Burma | The GOB seems especially obsessed with securing foreign exchange, but its restrictive policies are inevitably counterproductive. (references) |
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Katie Couric | You know, I've never been really obsessed with the ratings. And so, I try to do the best show we can. |
Naomi Campbell | I don't know. I felt just, I don't know, obsessed. It was such a buildup to waiting for this date to arrive. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Let it never be said of this generation of Americans that we became so obsessed with failure that we refused to take risks that could further the cause of peace and freedom in the world. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Some may say it is simply because the President and his wonderful wife have been obsessed with this subject for more years than they can recall. |
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| "Obsessed" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 71.51% of the time. "Obsessed" is used about 529 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 71.51% | 379 | 14,472 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 23.02% | 122 | 29,069 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 4.72% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.57% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 529 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "obsessed": be obsessed with ♦ become obsessed ♦ obsessed with. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "obsessed": self-obsessed, sex-obsessed. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
obsessed | 34 | gore obsessed | 3 |
obsessed wrestling | 34 | friend obsessed | 3 |
breast obsessed | 14 | charmed obsessed | 3 |
btvs obsessed thought were | 13 | jolie obsessed | 3 |
fresh obsessed | 10 | love obsessed | 3 |
angelina jolie obsessed | 10 | obsessed movie | 3 |
asian obsessed | 9 | sex obsessed | 2 |
harry know obsessed potter re when | 8 | masturbation obsessed | 2 |
harry obsessed potter | 8 | discography obsessed | 2 |
digitally obsessed | 7 | lyrics obsessed | 2 |
fan obsessed sims superstar | 7 | buffy obsessed thought were | 2 |
obsessed thought were | 7 | charlotte good obsessed | 2 |
obsessed picture | 6 | hartnett josh obsessed | 2 |
b2k obsessed | 4 | woman obsessed | 2 |
fan obsessed sims | 4 | boyfriend obsessed | 2 |
buffy obsessed | 3 | byrne in obsessed rose | 2 |
obsessed pet | 3 | obsessed tab | 2 |
angelina obsessed | 3 | ||
obsessed tab | 2 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "obsessed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهووس (maniac, manic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 占据心思 (obsess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kiertää samaa rataa (go round and round, go round in the same groove be obsessed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | obsédés, obsédées, obsédée, obsédé, obsédèrent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | besessen (obsessively, possessed), heimgesucht (infested, ridden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έμμονωσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megszállott (cacodaemon, cacodemon, compulsive, infatuated, possessed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ossesso, ossessionato. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 耽る (to be absorbed in, to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be obsessed by, to give oneself up to, to indulge in), 耽ける (to be absorbed in, to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be obsessed by, to give oneself up to, to indulge in), マイコプラズマ肺炎 (at one's own pace, budget reduction, Die Meistersinger, maestro, mild, mild inflation, mile, miler, miles, milestone, mime, mind, mind-control, mine, minor, minor change, Minor League, minor level, minority, minus, mound, mount, mountain, mountain music, mounting, mouse, mouse unit, mouth, mouthpiece, movingicon, my pace, mycoplasma pneumonia, negative image, one'shome, one'shouse, personal computer), screwdriverdriver), something that a person is currently obsessed with or fascinated by), 取り付かれる (to become obsessed with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | マイブーム (something that a person is currently obsessed with or fascinated by), ふける (to advance, to age, to be absorbed in, to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be obsessed by, to become ready to eat, to change with age, to get late, to give oneself up to, to indulge in, to spoil from weathering, to wear on), とりつかれる (to become obsessed with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 사로잡히는. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obsesseday perseguir (chase, course, follow, get after, hunt out, lay hold, obsess, persecute, prosecute, pursue, run, stalk). (various references) obsedat de (obsessed with). (various references) преследовать одержимый. (various references) zadrt (perverse, possessed, stubborn). (various references) obsesionado (haunted, possessed). (various references) besatt (absurd, haunted, possessed). (various references) tedirgin (agitated, bothersome, doubtful, in a lather, irritated, perturbed, solicitous, uneasy), saplantı haline getirmiş, kafayı takmış, endişeli (anxious, apprehensive, concerned, distressed, doubting, fearful, ill at ease, on edge, on the downbeat, overcast, perturbed, preoccupied, solicitous, suspenseful, uneasy, weighty, windy, worried). (various references) одержимий (demoniacal, possessed), захоплений (absorbed, admiring, boffo, busy in, captive, captured, delighted, enthusiastic, enthusiastical, infatuated, rapt, rapturous), заполонений. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Obsessed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: absessed, obcessed, obesed, obessed, obsesed, obsesse, obssesed, obssessed, obsuse, odsessed, opsessed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "obsessed" (pronounced ubse"st) |
| 4 | -s e" s t | assessed, reassessed, recessed. |
| 3 | -e" s t | abreast, acquiesced, addressed, arrest, attest, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Celeste, chest, coalesced, compressed, confessed, congest, crest, depressed, detest, digest, digressed, dispossessed, distressed, divest, dressed, expressed, fessed, finessed, gest, guessed, guest, impressed, infest, ingest, invest, jest, lest, messed, molest, nest, northwest, oppressed, pest, possessed, pressed, Prest, professed, progressed, quest, rearrest, reinvest, repossessed, repressed, request, rest, retest, southwest, stressed, suggest, suppressed, test, transgressed, unaddressed, undressed, unimpressed, unrest, vest, West, wrest, zest. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-o-s-s-s" | |
-2 letters: bossed, bosses, dosses, obsess. | |
-3 letters: bodes, doses, esses, obese, seeds. | |
-4 letters: beds, bees, bode, bods, boss, debs, dees, does, dose, doss, eses, obes, odes, oses, seed, sees, sobs, sods. | |
-5 letters: bed, bee, bod, bos, deb, dee, doe, dos, eds, ess, obe, ode, ods, oes, ose, see, sob, sod, sos. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-o-s-s-s" | |
+2 letters: boldnesses, sobersides. | |
+3 letters: broadnesses, crossbreeds, underbosses. | |
+4 letters: bloodinesses, broodinesses, doublenesses, morbidnesses. | |
+5 letters: bloodlessness, boundednesses, boundlessness, doubtlessness, dubiousnesses, endosymbioses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 62 73 65 73 73 65 64 |
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