Obsess

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To preoccupy the mind of excessively.
  • verb-intransitive. To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic: "She's dead. And you're still obsessing” ( Scott Turow).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
  • v. To dominate the thoughts of someone.
  • v. To think or talk obsessively about.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To besiege; to beset.
  • v. To excessively preoccupy the thoughts or feelings of; to haunt the mind persistently.
  • verb-intransitive. To be excessively or persistently preoccupied with something; -- usually used with on or over.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To besiege; beset; compass about.
  • To attack, vex, or plague from without, as an evil spirit. See obsession, 2.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. haunt like a ghost; pursue
  • v. be preoccupied with something
    • Verb Form
    obsessed    obsesses    obsessing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    preoccupy    worry   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    besiege    beset    haunt   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bess    Es    Etess    Fs    Hess   
    Same Context
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