Definition of obsess in English:

obsess

verb əbˈsɛsəbˈsɛs

[with object]

1Preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually and to a troubling extent.
迷住，使着迷；使心神不宁；不停地困扰；（念头）挥之不去
he was obsessed with the idea of revenge
I became more and more obsessed by him
Example sentencesExamples
- Whether or not he was obsessed with most facets of academics at my school as I did he would always be my best friend.
- But music continued to obsess him; in many of his stories, he links it with supernatural forces.
- There are questions that obsess athletes and journalists.
- If there was anything one person should know about Carrie it was that she was obsessed with fashion and beauty.
- Since then, the question of whether or not the particle exists has obsessed physicists across the world.
- We were so obsessed with the evil of the Nazis that they didn't ask the question.
- Just when Friedman's interviews start to get interesting, he brings them back to the question that obsesses him: ‘Yes, but what do you think about America?’
- It's not clear that Frears has a single theme that obsesses him.
- He was obsessed with her for a while, and then he finally seemed to be letting go of her.
- I have to work toward a depth of physicality to create the consuming jealousy that obsesses her.
- When it comes to saving and investing, people are obsessed with the returns they're going to get on their money.
- This is a question that will obsess me for the rest of my life.
- She was the one who had asked him out in the first place because she was obsessed with him.
- Just navigate down to a topic that obsesses you and sign up to become an editor through the link on that page.
- At 28 he should now be at his peak, but it seems that he is obsessed with speed and lacks rhythm and control.
- When Wendy documents the latest weird developments in copyright law on her blog, she also offers us a glimpse of what obsesses people at the turn of the century.
- What can you do so as not to leave behind what obsesses you?
- She was obsessed with one food for about a month and a half and then she changed her mind.
- In our country there are people obsessed with windfall profits and fabulous wealth.
- The matters that obsess her protagonists clearly obsess her and her obsessible readers as well.
Synonyms
preoccupy, be uppermost in someone's mind, prey on someone's mind, prey on, possess, haunt, consume, plague, torment, hound, bedevil, take control of, take over, become an obsession with, have a hold on, engross, eat up, have a grip on, grip, dominate, rule, control, beset, monopolize
be fixated, be preoccupied, be infatuated, be possessed, be haunted, be consumed, be plagued, be tormented, be bedevilled, be eaten up, be gripped, be in the grip of, be dominated, be beset
informal be hung up about/on, have a thing about, have something/someone on the brain, have a bee in one's bonnet
North American informal be hipped
1. 1.1no object Be constantly talking or worrying about something.
  her husband, who is obsessing about the wrong she has done him
  她丈夫，因她对他犯的过错而耿耿于怀。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The fact that this question has been raised shows how obsessed people are with the plant.
  I am not obsessing about it, not more than I ever did anyway.
  If you look at London and the Olympic bid, what they are obsessing about, quite rightly, is infrastructure: accommodation and transport.
  Right now, you may have noticed, I'm obsessing about Plácido.
  They're not very accurate as a detailed performance indicator and universities shouldn't waste too much time obsessing about rankings.
  Cady begins to be chuffed by her new status; she grows to like obsessing about food, looks and weight and is secretly thrilled by her licence to be bitchy and cruel.
  Only then will we be able to stop obsessing about what's wrong and begin to appreciate what's right.
  I haven't seen people be so obsessed and upset in my lifetime - you know, about everything.
  He was utterly obsessed of course and had a splendid ego but he's a master artist.
  Then again, now that I'm spending my days obsessing about a man I've more or less invented, I'm hardly one to cast aspersions on other people's productivity.
  If I didn't ‘waste’ emotion obsessing about things, I'd like to think this blog would be much different than it is now.
  I will eventually stop obsessing about this enough to write about something else.
  But I have decided that I am doing myself no favors obsessing about it, which I have been doing.
  I was an editor of the school newspaper, acting in the spring play, obsessing about which girls I liked, talking Marx and Dostoevsky with my classmates.
  I miss talking about where my life is heading, what my thoughts are, the state of my relationships, things I'm obsessing about, things that inspire me.
  What would I be thinking if I wasn't obsessing about whether I'd been overheard gossiping and, if so, whether it was going to ruin my or someone else's life?
  We have also a tendency in the media for obsessing about stories.
  The President made a lot of mistakes last week, but most of his critics are making an even bigger one now by obsessing about what he said and did.
  Look at all of the time I've wasted in my life obsessing about my weight and what to eat or whether or not I'm exercising enough.
  So how come I'm sitting here, at almost 40 years old, still obsessing about it?

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'haunt, possess', referring to an evil spirit): from Latin obsess- 'besieged', from the verb obsidere, from ob- 'opposite' + sedere 'sit'. The current sense dates from the late 19th century.

The word obsess had the early sense ‘haunt, possess’, referring to an evil spirit. It comes from Latin obsidere ‘besiege’.

Rhymes

acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes

Definition of obsess in US English:

obsess

verbəbˈsɛsəbˈses

[with object]

1Preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent.
迷住，使着迷；使心神不宁；不停地困扰；（念头）挥之不去
he was obsessed with the theme of death
自杀的念头不时地困扰着他。
he became completely obsessed about germs
他对细菌完全着了迷。
Example sentencesExamples
- When it comes to saving and investing, people are obsessed with the returns they're going to get on their money.
- But music continued to obsess him; in many of his stories, he links it with supernatural forces.
- If there was anything one person should know about Carrie it was that she was obsessed with fashion and beauty.
- When Wendy documents the latest weird developments in copyright law on her blog, she also offers us a glimpse of what obsesses people at the turn of the century.
- Just navigate down to a topic that obsesses you and sign up to become an editor through the link on that page.
- In our country there are people obsessed with windfall profits and fabulous wealth.
- Whether or not he was obsessed with most facets of academics at my school as I did he would always be my best friend.
- She was obsessed with one food for about a month and a half and then she changed her mind.
- At 28 he should now be at his peak, but it seems that he is obsessed with speed and lacks rhythm and control.
- There are questions that obsess athletes and journalists.
- This is a question that will obsess me for the rest of my life.
- What can you do so as not to leave behind what obsesses you?
- Just when Friedman's interviews start to get interesting, he brings them back to the question that obsesses him: ‘Yes, but what do you think about America?’
- We were so obsessed with the evil of the Nazis that they didn't ask the question.
- The matters that obsess her protagonists clearly obsess her and her obsessible readers as well.
- He was obsessed with her for a while, and then he finally seemed to be letting go of her.
- She was the one who had asked him out in the first place because she was obsessed with him.
- Since then, the question of whether or not the particle exists has obsessed physicists across the world.
- I have to work toward a depth of physicality to create the consuming jealousy that obsesses her.
- It's not clear that Frears has a single theme that obsesses him.
Synonyms
preoccupy, be uppermost in someone's mind, prey on someone's mind, prey on, possess, haunt, consume, plague, torment, hound, bedevil, take control of, take over, become an obsession with, have a hold on, engross, eat up, have a grip on, grip, dominate, rule, control, beset, monopolize
be fixated, be preoccupied, be infatuated, be possessed, be haunted, be consumed, be plagued, be tormented, be bedevilled, be eaten up, be gripped, be in the grip of, be dominated, be beset
1. 1.1no object (of a person) be preoccupied with or constantly worrying about something.
  her husband, who is obsessing about the wrong she has done him
  她丈夫，因她对他犯的过错而耿耿于怀。
  Example sentencesExamples
  So how come I'm sitting here, at almost 40 years old, still obsessing about it?
  If you look at London and the Olympic bid, what they are obsessing about, quite rightly, is infrastructure: accommodation and transport.
  Then again, now that I'm spending my days obsessing about a man I've more or less invented, I'm hardly one to cast aspersions on other people's productivity.
  I haven't seen people be so obsessed and upset in my lifetime - you know, about everything.
  What would I be thinking if I wasn't obsessing about whether I'd been overheard gossiping and, if so, whether it was going to ruin my or someone else's life?
  The fact that this question has been raised shows how obsessed people are with the plant.
  The President made a lot of mistakes last week, but most of his critics are making an even bigger one now by obsessing about what he said and did.
  Only then will we be able to stop obsessing about what's wrong and begin to appreciate what's right.
  I am not obsessing about it, not more than I ever did anyway.
  Right now, you may have noticed, I'm obsessing about Plácido.
  If I didn't ‘waste’ emotion obsessing about things, I'd like to think this blog would be much different than it is now.
  I miss talking about where my life is heading, what my thoughts are, the state of my relationships, things I'm obsessing about, things that inspire me.
  They're not very accurate as a detailed performance indicator and universities shouldn't waste too much time obsessing about rankings.
  I was an editor of the school newspaper, acting in the spring play, obsessing about which girls I liked, talking Marx and Dostoevsky with my classmates.
  Look at all of the time I've wasted in my life obsessing about my weight and what to eat or whether or not I'm exercising enough.
  We have also a tendency in the media for obsessing about stories.
  I will eventually stop obsessing about this enough to write about something else.
  Cady begins to be chuffed by her new status; she grows to like obsessing about food, looks and weight and is secretly thrilled by her licence to be bitchy and cruel.
  He was utterly obsessed of course and had a splendid ego but he's a master artist.
  But I have decided that I am doing myself no favors obsessing about it, which I have been doing.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘haunt, possess’, referring to an evil spirit): from Latin obsess- ‘besieged’, from the verb obsidere, from ob- ‘opposite’ + sedere ‘sit’. The current sense dates from the late 19th century.

单词	obsess
释义	Definition of obsess in English: obsess verb əbˈsɛsəbˈsɛs [with object] 1Preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually and to a troubling extent. 迷住，使着迷；使心神不宁；不停地困扰；（念头）挥之不去 he was obsessed with the idea of revenge I became more and more obsessed by him Example sentencesExamples Whether or not he was obsessed with most facets of academics at my school as I did he would always be my best friend. But music continued to obsess him; in many of his stories, he links it with supernatural forces. There are questions that obsess athletes and journalists. If there was anything one person should know about Carrie it was that she was obsessed with fashion and beauty. Since then, the question of whether or not the particle exists has obsessed physicists across the world. We were so obsessed with the evil of the Nazis that they didn't ask the question. Just when Friedman's interviews start to get interesting, he brings them back to the question that obsesses him: ‘Yes, but what do you think about America?’ It's not clear that Frears has a single theme that obsesses him. He was obsessed with her for a while, and then he finally seemed to be letting go of her. I have to work toward a depth of physicality to create the consuming jealousy that obsesses her. When it comes to saving and investing, people are obsessed with the returns they're going to get on their money. This is a question that will obsess me for the rest of my life. She was the one who had asked him out in the first place because she was obsessed with him. Just navigate down to a topic that obsesses you and sign up to become an editor through the link on that page. At 28 he should now be at his peak, but it seems that he is obsessed with speed and lacks rhythm and control. When Wendy documents the latest weird developments in copyright law on her blog, she also offers us a glimpse of what obsesses people at the turn of the century. What can you do so as not to leave behind what obsesses you? She was obsessed with one food for about a month and a half and then she changed her mind. In our country there are people obsessed with windfall profits and fabulous wealth. The matters that obsess her protagonists clearly obsess her and her obsessible readers as well. Synonyms preoccupy, be uppermost in someone's mind, prey on someone's mind, prey on, possess, haunt, consume, plague, torment, hound, bedevil, take control of, take over, become an obsession with, have a hold on, engross, eat up, have a grip on, grip, dominate, rule, control, beset, monopolize be fixated, be preoccupied, be infatuated, be possessed, be haunted, be consumed, be plagued, be tormented, be bedevilled, be eaten up, be gripped, be in the grip of, be dominated, be beset informal be hung up about/on, have a thing about, have something/someone on the brain, have a bee in one's bonnet North American informal be hipped 1.1no object Be constantly talking or worrying about something. her husband, who is obsessing about the wrong she has done him 她丈夫，因她对他犯的过错而耿耿于怀。 Example sentencesExamples The fact that this question has been raised shows how obsessed people are with the plant. I am not obsessing about it, not more than I ever did anyway. If you look at London and the Olympic bid, what they are obsessing about, quite rightly, is infrastructure: accommodation and transport. Right now, you may have noticed, I'm obsessing about Plácido. They're not very accurate as a detailed performance indicator and universities shouldn't waste too much time obsessing about rankings. Cady begins to be chuffed by her new status; she grows to like obsessing about food, looks and weight and is secretly thrilled by her licence to be bitchy and cruel. Only then will we be able to stop obsessing about what's wrong and begin to appreciate what's right. I haven't seen people be so obsessed and upset in my lifetime - you know, about everything. He was utterly obsessed of course and had a splendid ego but he's a master artist. Then again, now that I'm spending my days obsessing about a man I've more or less invented, I'm hardly one to cast aspersions on other people's productivity. If I didn't ‘waste’ emotion obsessing about things, I'd like to think this blog would be much different than it is now. I will eventually stop obsessing about this enough to write about something else. But I have decided that I am doing myself no favors obsessing about it, which I have been doing. I was an editor of the school newspaper, acting in the spring play, obsessing about which girls I liked, talking Marx and Dostoevsky with my classmates. I miss talking about where my life is heading, what my thoughts are, the state of my relationships, things I'm obsessing about, things that inspire me. What would I be thinking if I wasn't obsessing about whether I'd been overheard gossiping and, if so, whether it was going to ruin my or someone else's life? We have also a tendency in the media for obsessing about stories. The President made a lot of mistakes last week, but most of his critics are making an even bigger one now by obsessing about what he said and did. Look at all of the time I've wasted in my life obsessing about my weight and what to eat or whether or not I'm exercising enough. So how come I'm sitting here, at almost 40 years old, still obsessing about it? Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'haunt, possess', referring to an evil spirit): from Latin obsess- 'besieged', from the verb obsidere, from ob- 'opposite' + sedere 'sit'. The current sense dates from the late 19th century. The word obsess had the early sense ‘haunt, possess’, referring to an evil spirit. It comes from Latin obsidere ‘besiege’. Rhymes acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes Definition of obsess in US English: obsess verbəbˈsɛsəbˈses [with object] 1Preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent. 迷住，使着迷；使心神不宁；不停地困扰；（念头）挥之不去 he was obsessed with the theme of death 自杀的念头不时地困扰着他。 he became completely obsessed about germs 他对细菌完全着了迷。 Example sentencesExamples When it comes to saving and investing, people are obsessed with the returns they're going to get on their money. But music continued to obsess him; in many of his stories, he links it with supernatural forces. If there was anything one person should know about Carrie it was that she was obsessed with fashion and beauty. When Wendy documents the latest weird developments in copyright law on her blog, she also offers us a glimpse of what obsesses people at the turn of the century. Just navigate down to a topic that obsesses you and sign up to become an editor through the link on that page. In our country there are people obsessed with windfall profits and fabulous wealth. Whether or not he was obsessed with most facets of academics at my school as I did he would always be my best friend. She was obsessed with one food for about a month and a half and then she changed her mind. At 28 he should now be at his peak, but it seems that he is obsessed with speed and lacks rhythm and control. There are questions that obsess athletes and journalists. This is a question that will obsess me for the rest of my life. What can you do so as not to leave behind what obsesses you? Just when Friedman's interviews start to get interesting, he brings them back to the question that obsesses him: ‘Yes, but what do you think about America?’ We were so obsessed with the evil of the Nazis that they didn't ask the question. The matters that obsess her protagonists clearly obsess her and her obsessible readers as well. He was obsessed with her for a while, and then he finally seemed to be letting go of her. She was the one who had asked him out in the first place because she was obsessed with him. Since then, the question of whether or not the particle exists has obsessed physicists across the world. I have to work toward a depth of physicality to create the consuming jealousy that obsesses her. It's not clear that Frears has a single theme that obsesses him. Synonyms preoccupy, be uppermost in someone's mind, prey on someone's mind, prey on, possess, haunt, consume, plague, torment, hound, bedevil, take control of, take over, become an obsession with, have a hold on, engross, eat up, have a grip on, grip, dominate, rule, control, beset, monopolize be fixated, be preoccupied, be infatuated, be possessed, be haunted, be consumed, be plagued, be tormented, be bedevilled, be eaten up, be gripped, be in the grip of, be dominated, be beset 1.1no object (of a person) be preoccupied with or constantly worrying about something. her husband, who is obsessing about the wrong she has done him 她丈夫，因她对他犯的过错而耿耿于怀。 Example sentencesExamples So how come I'm sitting here, at almost 40 years old, still obsessing about it? If you look at London and the Olympic bid, what they are obsessing about, quite rightly, is infrastructure: accommodation and transport. Then again, now that I'm spending my days obsessing about a man I've more or less invented, I'm hardly one to cast aspersions on other people's productivity. I haven't seen people be so obsessed and upset in my lifetime - you know, about everything. What would I be thinking if I wasn't obsessing about whether I'd been overheard gossiping and, if so, whether it was going to ruin my or someone else's life? The fact that this question has been raised shows how obsessed people are with the plant. The President made a lot of mistakes last week, but most of his critics are making an even bigger one now by obsessing about what he said and did. Only then will we be able to stop obsessing about what's wrong and begin to appreciate what's right. I am not obsessing about it, not more than I ever did anyway. Right now, you may have noticed, I'm obsessing about Plácido. If I didn't ‘waste’ emotion obsessing about things, I'd like to think this blog would be much different than it is now. I miss talking about where my life is heading, what my thoughts are, the state of my relationships, things I'm obsessing about, things that inspire me. They're not very accurate as a detailed performance indicator and universities shouldn't waste too much time obsessing about rankings. I was an editor of the school newspaper, acting in the spring play, obsessing about which girls I liked, talking Marx and Dostoevsky with my classmates. Look at all of the time I've wasted in my life obsessing about my weight and what to eat or whether or not I'm exercising enough. We have also a tendency in the media for obsessing about stories. I will eventually stop obsessing about this enough to write about something else. Cady begins to be chuffed by her new status; she grows to like obsessing about food, looks and weight and is secretly thrilled by her licence to be bitchy and cruel. He was utterly obsessed of course and had a splendid ego but he's a master artist. But I have decided that I am doing myself no favors obsessing about it, which I have been doing. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘haunt, possess’, referring to an evil spirit): from Latin obsess- ‘besieged’, from the verb obsidere, from ob- ‘opposite’ + sedere ‘sit’. The current sense dates from the late 19th century.
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