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: to haunt or excessively preoccupy the mind of. was obsessed with the idea. She was obsessed with her car. intransitive verb. : to engage in obsessive thinking : become obsessed with an idea. He's always obsessing over money. Examples of obsess in a Sentence. The war obsesses him—he talks about nothing else.
OBSESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of obsess in English. obsess. verb [ I or T ] uk / əbˈses / us / əbˈses / Add to word list. If something or someone obsesses you, or if you obsess about something or someone, you think about it, him, or her all the time: The whole relationship obsessed me for years.
to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him. Synonyms: haunt, control, possess. verb (used without object) to think about something unceasingly or persistently; dwell obsessively upon something. obsess. / əbˈsɛs / verb.
verb [ I or T ] us / əbˈses / uk / əbˈses / Add to word list. If something or someone obsesses you, or if you obsess about something or someone, you think about it, him, or her all the time: The whole relationship obsessed me for years. She used to obsess about her weight. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continually thinking about.
verb. be preoccupied with something. see more. verb. haunt like a ghost; pursue. synonyms: ghost, haunt. see more. Pronunciation. US. /əbˈsɛs/ UK. /əbˈsɛs/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Obsess." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/obsess. Accessed 27 May. 2024. Copy citation.
unable to stop thinking about something; too interested in or worried about something: Why are people so obsessed with money? As a society we're obsessed by sex. Fewer examples. He's obsessed with Barbra Streisand and collects anything and everything connected with her. Mankind has always been obsessed by power.
[intransitive] obsess (about something) to be always talking or worrying about a particular thing, especially when this annoys other people. I think you should try to stop obsessing about food. see also self-obsessed. Word Origin. See obsess in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: obsess.
