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obsess

/əbˈsɛs/

/əˈsɛs/

obsessverb

obsessed

Past Simple

obsessed

Past Participle

obsessing

ing-form

/əbˈsɛs/

/əˈsɛs/

Translations

She began to obsess over the details of the upcoming event, unable to focus on anything else.

Elle a commencé à s’obséder sur les détails de l’événement à venir, incapable de se concentrer sur autre chose.

Additional translations

ruminerSe dit surtout d’une pensée persistante et anxieuse ; registre courant.

Definitions

To preoccupy or fill the mind of someone continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent.

She began to obsess over the details of the upcoming event, unable to focus on anything else.

To dwell persistently and often anxiously on something; to be consumed by obsessive thoughts.

He tends to obsess about his health, checking his pulse every few minutes.

Synonyms