dwell on sth
— phrasal verb with dwell uk/dwel/us/dwel/verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] dwelt or dwelled, dwelt or dwelled formal
C1 to keep thinking or talking about something, especially something bad or unpleasant:
In his speech, he dwelt on the plight of the sick and the hungry.
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
- fixation
- get into sb
- have an axe to grind idiom
- have sth on the brain idiom
- hobbyhorse
- mania
- nag
- obsessive
- one-track mind
- preoccupation
- preoccupied
- preoccupy
- prey
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