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ob·ses·sive

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–adjective

1.	being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.

2.	causing an obsession.

3.	excessive, esp. extremely so.

–noun

4.	someone who has an obsession or obsessions; a person who thinks or behaves in an obsessive manner.

[Origin: 1910–15; obsess(ion) + -ive

]

—Related forms

ob·ses·sive·ly, adverb

ob·ses·sive·ness, noun

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ob·ses·sive Audio Help (əb-sěs'ĭv, ŏb-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or causing an obsession: obsessive gambling.
Excessive in degree or nature: an obsessive need to win.

ob·ses'sive n., ob·ses'sive·ly adv., ob·ses'sive·ness n.

obsessive
adjective
1.	characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling" [syn: obsessional]
noun
1.	a person who has obsessions

Example: obsessive about cleanliness

Arabic:	مَهْووس، مُسْتَحْوِذ عَليْه فِكْرَه
Chinese (Simplified):	着迷的，分神的
Chinese (Traditional):	著迷的，分神的
Czech:	vtíravý, nutkavý
Danish:	sygelig
Dutch:	bezeten
Estonian:	kinnisidee küüsis
Finnish:	pakkomielteinen
French:	obsédant
German:	besessen
Greek:	που έχει ψύχωση με κτ., πωρωμένος
Hungarian:	mániákus
Icelandic:	haldinn þráhyggju
Indonesian:	tergila-gila
Italian:	ossessivo

Japanese:	取りつかれた
Korean:	강박 관념의, 망상의
Latvian:	apsēsts
Lithuanian:	liguistai pedantiškas
Norwegian:	sykelig, besatt; tvangs-
Polish:	przesadny, natrętny, obsesyjny
Portuguese (Brazil):	obsessivo
Portuguese (Portugal):	obsessivo
Romanian:	obsedant
Russian:	одержимый
Slovak:	posadnutý
Slovenian:	obseden
Spanish:	obsesivo
Swedish:	tvångsmässig
Turkish:	saplantılı