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to obsess
01
to think about something or someone all the time, in a way that makes one unable to think about other things
Intransitive: to obsess about sth | to obsess over sth
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
obsess
3rd person singular
obsesses
Past simple
obsessed
Past participle
obsessed
Examples
Ever since the breakup, she has been obsessing over what went wrong.
02
to fill someone’s mind constantly, often in a way that feels overwhelming or uncontrollable
Transitive: to obsess a person or their thoughts
Examples
She was so obsessed with her grades that she forgot to enjoy her school experience.
Lexical Tree
obsessed
obsession
obsessive
obsess
