obsess (redirected from obsessor)

ob·sess  (b-ss, b-)

v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es

v.tr.

To preoccupy the mind of excessively.

v.intr.

To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic: "She's dead. And you're still obsessing" Scott Turow.

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[Latin obsidre, obsess-, to beset, occupy : ob-, on; see ob- + sedre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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ob·sessor n.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	obsess - haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" ghost, haunt preoccupy - engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"
	2.	obsess - be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight" worry - be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I worry about my job"

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obsess

verb (often with with or by) preoccupy, dominate, grip, absorb, possess, consume, rule, haunt, plague, hound, torment, bedevil, monopolize, be on your mind, engross, prey on your mind, be uppermost in your thoughts

Translations

obsess [əbˈsɛs] vt → obsesionar;

to be obsessed by or with sb/sth → estar obsesionado con algn/algo

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obsess [əbˈsɛs] vt → obséder;

to be obsessed by or with sb/sth → être obsédé(e) par qn/qch

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obsess [əbˈsɛs] vt → verfolgen;

to be obsessed by or with sb/sth → von jdm/etw besessen sein

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obsess [əbˈsɛs] vt → ossessionare;

to be obsessed by or with sb/sth → essere ossessionato da qn/qc