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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
obsesses, obsessing, obsessed |
| definition: |
to preoccupy the mind or emotions of (someone) excessively or abnormally.
A desire for revenge obsessed him, and he could think of little else.- synonyms:
- consume, haunt, possess
- similar words:
- absorb, control, engross, fixate, immerse, infatuate, monopolize, preoccupy
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| related words: |
dwell, engross, interest, involve |
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