obsessing
present participle ofobsess
obsess
verb[IorT]
uk/əbˈses/us/əbˈses/If something or someone obsesses you, or if you obsess about something or someone, youthinkabout it, him, or her all thetime:
Thewholerelationshipobsessed me foryears.
She used to obsessaboutherweight.
Continually thinking about
- absorb
- absorbed
- axe
- be devoured bysomethingidiom
- be hung up onsomethingidiom
- be wrapped up insomething/someoneidiom
- brain
- devour
- fetishize
- fixate
- fixated
- fixation
- get intosomeone
- nag
- obsession
- obsessive
- obsessively
- one-track mind
- overactive
- preoccupation
Examplesofobsessing
obsessing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Surely you can enjoy being a philosopher withoutobsessingabout it.
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She is notobsessingover some future goal; her focus is on the present moment.
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I have had some personal experience of dealing with these cases of obsession, freeing the victim by ejecting theobsessingentity and persuading the latter not to repeat his offence.
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It isobsessingthe minds of men.
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She stated she lost the weight through diet and exercise but admitted toobsessingover her weight due to the size zero trend.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the obsession crisis, the victim will not act as himself and will pursue whatever agenda theobsessingspirit has in mind.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It follows the person in the 1st songobsessingover a lost love and trying to contact her but getting no reply.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Obsessingabout the desire to be upright and hold onto something, he realized that women in labor must have the same desires.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Colas started taking medication and made the conscious effort to stopobsessingover unimportant matters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rather thanobsessingover correcting his failures, he quickly forgets them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is very vain, constantlyobsessingover her appearance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each beginsobsessingabout the award potential in his or her own way.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Me and my friend have beenobsessingover that lyrics for ages now, it's getting ridiculous!
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sight is his primary means of sensory input,obsessingover it to the exclusion of his other senses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He refuses the best that nature has to offer, insteadobsessingover his wife's singular physical flaw.
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- hand-over
- hand over fist
- hand-over-fist
- hand-picked
- handpicked
- hand-picked
- hand-pollination
- hand-pollination
- handprint
- have-a-butcher-s
- have-a-card-up-sleeve
- have a card up your sleeve
- have-a-card-up-your-sleeve
- have a care
- have-a-care
- have-a-chip-on-shoulder
- have a chip on your shoulder
- have-a-chip-on-your-shoulder
- have a corner on a market
- have-a-corner-on-a-market
- have a cow
- have-a-cow
- have a difference of opinion
- have-a-difference-of-opinion
- have-a-down-on