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obsessive
adjective /əbˈses.ɪv/ (also obsessional)Definition
C2 thinking about something or someone, or doing something, too much or all the time: He's obsessive about punctuality.Mental and psychiatric disorders › like, typical of, or caused by an obsession: obsessive secrecy obsessional behaviourContinually thinking about obsessively
/-li/ adverb (also obsessionally)
(Definition of obsessive adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absorb verb (INTEREST VERY MUCH)
- absorbed adjective
- be devoured by sth idiom
- be hung up on sth idiom
- be wrapped up in sth/sb idiom
- brood verb
- fix verb (KEEP)
- fixation noun
- get into sb phrasal verb
- have an axe to grind idiom
- have sth on the brain idiom
- hobbyhorse noun (SUBJECT)
- mania noun (MENTAL ILLNESS)
- obsess verb
- obsessed adjective
- obsession noun
- one-track mind noun
- preoccupation noun
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