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OBSESS definition: 1. If something or someone obsesses you, or if you obsess about something or someone, you think…. Learn more.
OBSESS meaning: 1. If something or someone obsesses you, or if you obsess about something or someone, you think…. Learn more.
Obsession definition: the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.. See examples of OBSESSION used in a sentence.
see also self-obsessed Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘haunt, possess’, referring to an evil spirit): from Latin obsess- ‘besieged’, from the verb obsidere , from ob- ‘opposite’ + sedere ‘sit’.
obsession: 1 n an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone Synonyms: fixation Type of: preoccupation an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention n an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will Synonyms: compulsion Types: onomatomania obsession with a particular ...
Adj. 1. obsessed - having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman". haunted, taken up, preoccupied.
Obsessed definition: having an obsession (usually followed by with or by). See examples of OBSESSED used in a sentence.
