obsessive
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6.2
- adjective
- /əbˈsɛsɪv/
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obsesivo
- He struggled with obsessive thoughts that made it difficult to concentrate on anything else.
- obsessive behavior
- obsessive-compulsive
- obsessive-compulsive disorder
Those mothers end up being too obsessive with their children too.
- Those mothers end up being too obsessive with their children too.
- So I get obsessive about my goals and my dreams.
- Critics of both Bezos and Jobs have called them obsessive and obsessed.
- Greatest weakness probably is I can be overly obsessive sometimes.
- I was in an obsessive state of mind.
- Like he doesn't seem to have this obsessive need for more.
- That's how like neurotic and obsessive bodybuilding diets used to be.
- They're often quite ritualized and obsessive around all kinds of details.
- It doesn't always have to be sexual, but it is an obsessive love like feeling.
- It's not front and centre every moment of my obsessive rumination.
- I am sick of the obsessive focus on abortion.
- And what's the difference between someone who is obsessive and somebody who has true OCD?
- Pleasure is the fast road to obsessive compulsive activity and an addiction.
- I'm talking about obsessive thoughts that are probably not correct.
- And passionate or obsessive, they won't rest until they do so.
- When you do this, the obsessive thoughts take center stage.
- Taylor's obsessive discipline with his health.
- Stop with the obsessive image crafting.
Examples
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I'm talking about obsessive thoughts that are probably not correct.
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I have a concrete mindset and I sharpen my craft to an obsessive degree.
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So I get obsessive about my goals and my dreams.
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I was in an obsessive state of mind.
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When you do this, the obsessive thoughts take center stage.
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Those mothers end up being too obsessive with their children too.
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I just feel like I'm kind of obsessive about Jesus.
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Jackie's last day, his last hour, was an obsessive concern of mine.
Fiction book (1994) -
It depends on how obsessive I am about the project.
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You're such an obsessive person and that drives me crazy.
Synonyms
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4.8
Very strongly interested in someone or something and thinking about them all the time
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5.6
Unable to stop doing something because of a strong, repeated urge
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4.5
Thinking so much about something that you do not notice what is happening around you
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7.7
Having strong, repeated thoughts or worries that are hard to stop
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9.9
Being very focused on one idea and ignoring other things
Being unable to stop repeating actions, speech, or thoughts
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.5
A person who has repeated unwanted thoughts and feels they must repeat actions that cause problems in daily life
- Specialized
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3.5
A long-term mental health problem where unwanted thoughts make you repeat actions
- Specialized
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8.3
Showing repeated unwanted thoughts and strong urges to repeat actions that make daily life difficult
- Specialized
A person who needs things very neat and repeats actions until they feel right
How Obsessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word obsessive comes from the Latin parts ob- 'against' and sedere 'to sit', which gave the image of something 'sitting against' or surrounding you. Think of a thought that surrounds your mind and will not leave, and that is why obsessive means thinking about something too much.