Obsess

Word OBSESS
Character 6
Hyphenation ob sess
Pronunciations /əbˈsɛs/

Definitions and meanings of "Obsess"

What do we mean by obsess?

To preoccupy the mind of (someone) excessively. intransitive verb

To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic. intransitive verb

To besiege; beset; compass about.

To attack, vex, or plague from without, as an evil spirit. See obsession, 2.

To be excessively or persistently preoccupied with something; -- usually used with on or over. intransitive verb

To besiege; to beset. transitive verb

To excessively preoccupy the thoughts or feelings of; to haunt the mind persistently. transitive verb

To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion. verb

To dominate the thoughts of someone. verb

To think or talk obsessively about. verb

Haunt like a ghost; pursue verb

Be preoccupied with something verb

(passive, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.

To dominate the thoughts of someone.

(construed with over) To think or talk obsessively about.

To fill the mind of (someone) continually. Urban Dictionary

When someone is always completely in love and happy about something or someone. Urban Dictionary

An almost insane desire, longing, or burning lust for someone or something. You feel like without that thing or person, you are not complete and can't cope, or- in extreme circumstances- live, unless you have the object you desire. Urban Dictionary

Can't stop thinking about. Urban Dictionary

When some guy/girl likes some guy/girl so much all they think of is that person, they even dream about them. And they even admit that they do that. Urban Dictionary

When one only cares about doing a certain thing and can only think about that thing. Urban Dictionary

Ob⋅ses⋅sion  /əbˈsɛʃən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation uhb-sesh-uhn –noun 1. the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is sickly addicted to thinking about you and what you are doing, and making everything you do about them. they never get enough of the thought of you in their head, it’s never ending. they’re obsessed. Urban Dictionary

1. Loving to the point of maybe even stalking. 2. Thinking only about one thing. Urban Dictionary

To have a place for everything and everything in it's place Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Obsess

The word "obsess" in example sentences

Ah, hell, I obsess from the moment something is completed. ❋ Deep_bluze (2005)

The word obsess showed up in English straight out of Classical Latin back in 1440. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Speaking of what people think, this morning Obama is saying that people "obsess" too much on what he says. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So, can you now get another issue to "obsess" about? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Besorge, I do not "obsess", it is you that is obsession of dialectics, words,etc... ❋ John M (2009)

Which means if you think a marginalised person is too obsessed or too emotional or angry or taking it all too personally and it bothers you then work towards a world that doesn't FORCE them to 'obsess' or that doesn't hurt or anger them. ❋ Renee (2009)

I'm off to "obsess" about race and gender at a conference about honoring the "obsession" with race and gender. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

And if you think Mr. Lott has been silent for the last four years, Tim Grieve has a collection of some of the Gentleman from Mississippi's bon mots: Lott on Iraq: After declaring that Senate Republicans and "real people out there in the world" don't "obsess" about Iraq like reporters do, Lott said in September that he doesn't understand why Sunnis and Shiites are fighting each other anyway. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Maybe in this age where we all kind of obsess on celebrities, maybe we're all "People" magazine or "US Weekly". ❋ Unknown (2007)

KRISTOF: Yes, I mean I really wanted to try to engage young people, students, in the kinds of issues -- be they global poverty or AIDS or maternal mortality or Darfur itself -- that kind of obsess me. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) slammed television news stories that "obsess" over "death panels" and minor issues in Democrats 'healthcare reform efforts. ❋ Benton Foundation (2010)

Some people wonder why journalists such as me still "obsess" about Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But if to be more specific, it's about one man (who is a Rule breaker to) which enters a problematic school, and tries to give the students an open way of thinking, While the Esoterics want to "obsess" them (and other people) with theire own ideas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"There's one animal I'll kind of obsess over and draw it a whole bunch and then I'll use those drawings to create a T-shirt or a fabric pattern," she says. ❋ Adam Vossen / Special To Lawrence.com (2009)

i obsess. im not sure why. i do though and its tiring. anoop suggests that i dont obsess which is about as practical as advising me against breathing or peeing. part of me wants to never utter tim's name again in this venue and im sure my cherished readers agree that its getting old. but, ❋ I-claudius (2002)

"obsess" about the question to the same degree as him is a different question. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"he was [obsessed] with the [theme] of [death]" ❋ Savage Ahnaf (2016)

[Jonah] is completely [obsessed] with [his girlfriend]. I wish I had that. ❋ Someone Obsessed (2017)

Getting back with [my ex-boyfriend] has become such an obsession for me that [I lose] sleep trying to think of ways to [lure] him back into my arms. ❋ Jalyssa (2007)

I'm obsessed with [gamecube]. ❋ Tommy (2003)

[Helene] is so obsessed with [Josh] that all she can think of is Josh, dream about Josh, but still insists that they're not. [How sad] ❋ Booder69 (2009)

Man, [Keilie] and [Jessica] are too obsessed with [One Tree Hill]! ❋ Keikat (2013)

[Karls] current obsession is to get a new computer just because Larry has one and he keeps staring at computer [hardware] web [pages]. ❋ Firefoxx65 (2010)

[joan] has a complete obsession with [gresa] [did you know]? ❋ Ahahhaahdidilie (2020)

Spreading the word of the wonderful [New York Dolls] to everyone in your life. mak: HEY, WHO'VE YOU TOLD ABOUT OUT BOYS LATELY? kim: MY ENGLISH TEACHER, BOYFRIEND, AND [ORTHODONTIST]! mak: WHAT'D THEY SAY? WILL THEY CHECK OUT SOME SONGS? kim: MY BOYFRIEND TOLD ME I'M TOO obsessed WITH [THE DOLLS]. AND HE BROKE UP WITH ME. ❋ Sylvainia (2008)

Person 1: You moved my [salt shaker]. Person 2: Quit being so obsessive. [Gun] 1: [BANG]! Person 1:(Moves salt shaker to original position.) ❋ Reginald Spaz (2008)

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