obsess
Use Obsess in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
verb (used without object)
2.
to think about something unceasingly or persistently; dwell obsessively upon something.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr; |
| 2. | (intr; |
| [C16: from Latin obsessus besieged, past participle of obsidēre, from ob- in front of + sedēre to sit] | |
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Word Origin & History
obsess
c.1500, "to besiege," from L. obsessus, pp. of obsidere "besiege, occupy," lit. "sit opposite to," from ob "against" + sedere "sit." Of evil spirits, "to haunt," is from 1530s.
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Example sentences
Almost all of us can find something to obsess about at a restaurant.
He wakes up in a hospital, unable to remember what happened, and this episode of amnesia begins to obsess him.
How anyone can obsess about the place beggars belief.
But that's the difference between people who obsess about fashion and people who obsess about food.
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