"obsessed" meaning in English

See obsessed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əbˈsɛst/ [UK] Forms: more obsessed [comparative], most obsessed [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛst Head templates: {{en-adj}} obsessed (comparative more obsessed, superlative most obsessed)
  1. Intensely preoccupied with or by a given topic or emotion; driven by a specified obsession. Translations (fixated on a single topic or emotion): obsessionat (Catalan), 迷住 (mízhu) (Chinese Mandarin), 著魔 (zháomó) (Chinese Mandarin), 着魔 (zháomó) (Chinese Mandarin), 痴迷 (chīmí) (Chinese Mandarin), 迷戀 (Chinese Mandarin), 迷恋 (míliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 入迷 (rùmí) (Chinese Mandarin), posedlý (Czech), pakkomielteinen (Finnish), obsédé [masculine] (French), besessen (German), megszállott (Hungarian), warea kē (Maori), koromaki (Maori), besäten (Plautdietsch), mający obsesję [masculine] (Polish), obcecado (Portuguese), одержи́мый (oderžímyj) (Russian), обуя́нный (obujánnyj) (Russian), beò-ghlacte (Scottish Gaelic), obsesionado (Spanish), obseso (Spanish), obcecado (Spanish), besatt (Swedish), haling (Tagalog), saplantılı (Turkish), takıntılı (Turkish), схиблений (sxyblenyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-obsessed-en-adj-38TJyqmB Disambiguation of 'fixated on a single topic or emotion': 92 8
  2. Influenced or controlled by evil spirits, but less than possessed in that the spirits do not actually reside in the victim.
    Sense id: en-obsessed-en-adj-JKVFtU1D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-obsessed

Verb

IPA: /əbˈsɛst/ [UK]
Rhymes: -ɛst Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} obsessed
  1. simple past and past participle of obsess Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: obsess
    Sense id: en-obsessed-en-verb-BY6G~g2J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 38 57

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