Synonyms for obsess
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uhb-ses |
| Phonetic Transcription : əbˈsɛs |
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Définition of obsess
Origin :- c.1500, "to besiege," from Latin obsessus, past participle of obsidere "watch closely; besiege, occupy; stay, remain, abide" literally "sit opposite to," from ob "against" (see ob-) + sedere "sit" (see sedentary). Of evil spirits, "to haunt," from 1530s. Psychological sense is 20c. Related: Obsessed; obsessing.
- verb preoccupy
- But my fears that their mental suggestions might obsess her were baseless.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- The idea to sell out began to obsess him, and in the end he sold.
- Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
- A dangerous thought had come to him and begun to obsess his mind.
- Extract from : « Aladdin of London » by Sir Max Pemberton
- He could not quite account for this sudden shadow which seemed to obsess the room.
- Extract from : « The Woman Gives » by Owen Johnson
- What are all the torments of war compared to the thoughts that obsess us night and day?
- Extract from : « Above the Battle » by Romain Rolland
- But it is like Galahad we must seek the eternal mysteries that obsess Arthur Machen.
- Extract from : « Arthur Machen » by Vincent Starrett
- It was the watch for the ancient Being who sought to obsess him.
- Extract from : « Three John Silence Stories » by Algernon Blackwood
- The fear she had expressed to Tunis Latham the evening before did not obsess her.
- Extract from : « Sheila of Big Wreck Cove » by James A. Cooper
- If the world continued to confine and obsess him, he hated the world, and gasped for freedom.
- Extract from : « Winds Of Doctrine » by George Santayana
- His own part in the threatening catastrophe began to obsess him.
- Extract from : « The Breaking Point » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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