obsessed

Other forms of obsessed

comparative

obsessedder·

superlative

obsesseddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about obsessed

What does obsessed mean?

obsessed means "having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in obsessed?

obsessed has 2 syllables: obses-sed. The stress falls on "sed". In IPA it is /əbˈsɛst/.

What is another word for obsessed?

Close synonyms include haunted, preoccupied, taken up, possessed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obsessed a common word?

obsessed is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with obsessed?

4 words rhyme with obsessed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.