Synonyms for obsessing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uhb-ses |
| Phonetic Transcription : əbˈsɛs |
Top 10 synonyms for obsessing Other synonyms for the word obsessing
Définition of obsessing
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
- It seemed as if a cloud was in my brain, obsessing me at all times.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- The first obsessing spell had given place to this—it was good to be so loved.
- Extract from : « The Woman Gives » by Owen Johnson
- He hoped by these occupations to free himself from his obsessing thoughts of Vera.
- Extract from : « The Precipice » by Ivan Goncharov
- The obsessing aim of many mothers is to "harden" their children.
- Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy
- Such thoughts were obsessing, also, the parson of the parish.
- Extract from : « The Soul of Susan Yellam » by Horace Annesley Vachell
- They fitted into the thoughts which had been obsessing her with a curious precision.
- Extract from : « The Lamp of Fate » by Margaret Pedler
- This thought had been obsessing Hilda all the afternoon and evening.
- Extract from : « Hilda Lessways » by Arnold Bennett
- Your object is to fight on his side, remember, against this thing that is obsessing him.
- Extract from : « The Necromancers » by Robert Hugh Benson
- The truth was forced out of her when it was evident to me that something was obsessing her.
- Extract from : « The Nervous Housewife » by Abraham Myerson
- His face was growing more and more hateful to her with an unearthly and obsessing antipathy.
- Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
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