obsessed

adjective

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

Influenced or controlled by evil spirits, but less than possessed in that the spirits do not actually reside in the victim.

Roots

sedeosess- · Latin · sit

Synonyms for obsessed

preoccupiedadj infatuatedadj fixatedv monomaniacaladj monomaniacn besottedadj hauntedadj possessedadj engrossedadj

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The word obsessed breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root sess-, from Latin sedeo (“sit”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.