obsessverb [ I or T ]
uk/əbˈses/us/əbˈses/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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continually thinking about
- absorb
- absorbed
- axe
- be devoured by sth idiom
- be hung up on sth idiom
- be wrapped up in sth/sb idiom
- devour
- fixated
- fixation
- get into sb
- have an axe to grind idiom
- have sth on the brain idiom
- mania
- nag
- obsessive
- one-track mind
- preoccupation
- preoccupied
- preoccupy
- prey
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