Past tense of obsess
regular verb
The past tense of obsess is obsessed. The past participle is also obsessed.
Forms of obsess
| Base form (V1) | obsess /əbˈsɛs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | obsessed /əbˈsɛst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | obsessed /əbˈsɛst/ |
| Present participle | obsessing |
| Third person singular | obsesses |
Obsessed in a sentence
- Some people are obsessed with sports.
- He was obsessed with alchemy.2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892
- They were obsessed with trying to upsell me over and over again.From the entry upsell
- Sarah is so obsessed with endangered species! She's a real environut.From the entry environut
- And then there was the Elder Millennial: obsessed with dental hygiene, psychedelics, and dirty talk.2026 June 12, Emily Ratajkowski, “Mother F*cker”, in The Cut. From the entry dirty talk
Meaning of obsess
- verb To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
- verb To dominate the thoughts of someone.
- verb To think or talk obsessively about.
Questions about the past tense of obsess
- What is the past tense of obsess?
- The past tense of obsess is obsessed.
- What is the past participle of obsess?
- The past participle of obsess is obsessed.
- Is obsess a regular or irregular verb?
- Obsess is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: obsess (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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