Antonyms for obsessed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh b-sest
Phonetic Transcription : əbˈsɛst


Definition of obsessed

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "tormented, obsessed," past participle adjective from obsess. Originally especially "possessed" by a devil, etc.
  • adj consumed, driven about belief, desire
Example sentences :
  • Lessing is obsessed with too high an estimate of the Captivi.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • The thought of a future with Joe always around a corner, watching her, obsessed her.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • He was obsessed by the idea of the dignity, almost the divinity—of kingship.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The thing so obsessed his mind that he must speak of it, if it be only to his lackey.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Quivering with the passion that obsessed him, he stepped close up to her.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Her mood was all obsessed now with the conviction that this was the end to her life of a moth.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Either the genial judge was obsessed or else this waahoo was a great fish.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • I seemed lost; I was obsessed with a desire to aid––to be of service.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • He is obsessed by science, haunted and shadowed by it, until he has been bewildered into awe.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • That night he was obsessed by Uptons of all shapes and sizes.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan

Synonyms for obsessed

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