Meaning of "obsess" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OBSESS

From Latin obsessus besieged, past participle of obsidēre, from ob- in front of + sedēre to sit.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF OBSESS

obsess  [əbˈsɛs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBSESS

Obsess is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb obsess in English.

WHAT DOES OBSESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of obsess in the English dictionary

The definition of obsess in the dictionary is to preoccupy completely; haunt. Other definition of obsess is to worry neurotically or obsessively; brood.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OBSESS

PRESENT

Present

I obsess

you obsess

he/she/it obsesses

we obsess

you obsess

they obsess

Present continuous

I am obsessing

you are obsessing

he/she/it is obsessing

we are obsessing

you are obsessing

they are obsessing

Present perfect

I have obsessed

you have obsessed

he/she/it has obsessed

we have obsessed

you have obsessed

they have obsessed

Present perfect continuous

I have been obsessing

you have been obsessing

he/she/it has been obsessing

we have been obsessing

you have been obsessing

they have been obsessing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I obsessed

you obsessed

he/she/it obsessed

we obsessed

you obsessed

they obsessed

Past continuous

I was obsessing

you were obsessing

he/she/it was obsessing

we were obsessing

you were obsessing

they were obsessing

Past perfect

I had obsessed

you had obsessed

he/she/it had obsessed

we had obsessed

you had obsessed

they had obsessed

Past perfect continuous

I had been obsessing

you had been obsessing

he/she/it had been obsessing

we had been obsessing

you had been obsessing

they had been obsessing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will obsess

you will obsess

he/she/it will obsess

we will obsess

you will obsess

they will obsess

Future continuous

I will be obsessing

you will be obsessing

he/she/it will be obsessing

we will be obsessing

you will be obsessing

they will be obsessing

Future perfect

I will have obsessed

you will have obsessed

he/she/it will have obsessed

we will have obsessed

you will have obsessed

they will have obsessed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been obsessing

you will have been obsessing

he/she/it will have been obsessing

we will have been obsessing

you will have been obsessing

they will have been obsessing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would obsess

you would obsess

he/she/it would obsess

we would obsess

you would obsess

they would obsess

Conditional continuous

I would be obsessing

you would be obsessing

he/she/it would be obsessing

we would be obsessing

you would be obsessing

they would be obsessing

Conditional perfect

I would have obsess

you would have obsess

he/she/it would have obsess

we would have obsess

you would have obsess

they would have obsess

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been obsessing

you would have been obsessing

he/she/it would have been obsessing

we would have been obsessing

you would have been obsessing

they would have been obsessing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you obsess
we let´s obsess
you obsess

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to obsess

Past participle

obsessed

Present Participle

obsessing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «OBSESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «obsess» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of obsess

absorb · bedevil · consume · dominate · engross · grip · haunt · hound · monopolize · plague · possess · preoccupy · rule · torment

TRANSLATION OF OBSESS

Find out the translation of obsess to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of obsess from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obsess» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 心神不宁
• Translator English - Spanish: obsesionar
• English: obsess
• Translator English - Hindi: obsess
• Translator English - Arabic: تستحوذ
• Translator English - Russian: завладевать
• Translator English - Portuguese: obcecar
• Translator English - Bengali: মন অধিকার করিয়া রাখা
• Translator English - French: obséder
• Translator English - Malay: obses
• Translator English - German: besessen machen
• Translator English - Japanese: 頭から離れない
• Translator English - Korean: 사로잡히다
• Translator English - Javanese: Obsess
• Translator English - Vietnamese: theo đuổi
• Translator English - Tamil: பேயாட்டம்
• Translator English - Marathi: मन व्यापुन टाकणे
• Translator English - Turkish: tedirgin etmek
• Translator English - Italian: ossessionare
• Translator English - Polish: prześladować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: заволодівати
• Translator English - Romanian: obseda
• Translator English - Greek: βασανίζω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: obsessief
• Translator English - Swedish: obsess
• Translator English - Norwegian: besette

10 QUOTES WITH «OBSESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word obsess.

1

Donna Air

My look is relaxed, and while I love fashion, I don't obsess about it. I don't have set rules when it comes to dressing, and I don't mind where my clothes are from.

2

Nicholas Brendon

I had a stutter 'till... I still do today. I just work on it a lot. I obsess, if you will, with it, but I stuttered throughout my childhood.

3

Meredith Brooks

I obsess too much.

4

Jai Courtney

Action roles - or any role - should go to the best guy for the job. People obsess about nationality. Hollywood and America might be the hub for pop culture and cinema for the Western world, but that shouldn't suggest that all the roles should go to young American men.

5

Brandon Flowers

The feathers have been retired to the London Hard Rock Cafe. I don't obsess about it as much. Also, it's strange - the better physical shape I get in, the less I care about what suit I'm covering myself up in. I'm not really out to flaunt it, but I'm just more comfortable in my own skin.

6

Tom Ford

I am totally fearless! Well, of course, I'm not totally fearless. I worry constantly and obsess over things, but I just don't let fear stand in the way of doing something that I really want to do.

7

Mark Frost

The fact that people still talk and obsess about 'Twin Peaks', more than twenty years after the fact, is a great validation for what we thought we had going at the time.

8

Kara Hayward

I'm pretty casual, but I'm starting to obsess a little bit; like, one of my favorite things to do is to pair really feminine accessories with edgier outfits or vice versa.

9

Dean Kamen

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.

10

Kiesza

I tend to obsess over my passions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBSESS»

Discover the use of obsess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obsess and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Hope and Obsess

That's a long way off, though. For now, we're satisfied. The other part of my little family is still together as well. Heather is, as always, a stabilizing force, still living in that little apartment we shared when I returned to the drama once again.

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Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: Self-Education and the ...

Obsess. Pounce on a subject like it was your first meal in months. Immerse yourself in it. 2. Forget. When your energy for that subject wanes, allow yourself to let it go. Forget what you 98 James Marcus Bach The Obsess and Forget Heuristic.

James Marcus Bach, 2011

The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete ...

"Gain does not obsess his mind, and loss does not obsess his mind. Fame does not obsess his mind, and disrepute does not obsess his mind. Blame does not obsess his mind, and praise does not obsess his mind. Pleasure does not obsess  ...

‎2012

Collected Wheel Publications Volume 3

obsess your mind. Just as pure and impure things, Ráhula,— excrement, urine, saliva, pus and blood—are washed (away) in water, and yet water neither abhors , nor loathes, nor dislikes such things; even so yourself, Ráhula, like water, ...

Various

Women's Health

... and familiarize yourself with CPR and first aid techniques at emergencyuniversity.com. C'mon, it takes all of 2 seconds. The Antibacterial Obsession I'm such a germ- o-phobe, I should buy stock in antibacterial soap and wet wipes. Obsess ...

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The Secrets Women Keep: What Women Hide and the Truth that ...

I obsess over my Weight and eating It's foolish, I know, but no matter how great I look, I always feel I'm not thin enough, not in good enough shape, or not toned enough. Definitely a body image thing, but most of my friends admit to feeling the  ...

Jill Hubbard, 2008

Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Two-thirds ofpeople with skin concerns obsess about perceived acne or scarring. This is followed by concerns with marks (in one-third) and skin color (in one- quarter), with people typically thinking their skin is too red or too white. But virtually ...

Katharine A. Phillips, 2009

Writing and Rewriting the Holocaust: Narrative and the ...

Grey birds obsess my heart, Mouth-ash, ash of eye. They settle. On the high Precipice That emptied one man into space The ovens glowed like heavens, incandescent. It is a heart, This holocaust I walk in, O golden child the world will kill and ...

James Edward Young, 1988

A Treatise Concerning Heaven and Its Wonders, and Also ...

These are the spirits who obsess man ; but they were cast into hell by the Lord, and were thus altogether removed, so that there are no such obsessions at this day.* Concerning Writings in Heaven. •258. Inasmuch as the angels have speech , ...

Emanuel Swedenborg, 1825

Elegant Choices, Healing Choices

I've always felt that if one can arrange one's life so that one can obsess about small things, it keeps you from obsessing about the really big things. If you obsess about the big things you are impotent and frightened because there is nothing you ...

Marsha Sinetar, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBSESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obsess is used in the context of the following news items.

Why we obsess over some celebrity couples and totally ignore others

Even those of us who are not Hollywood celebrities know that it's customary when accepting an Academy Award to thank your spouse, God and ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Sneaker Con 2015 preview: Shoe convention coming to New York City

The prospect of a sneaker convention might be intimidating to the average fan or potential attendee, but one need not obsess over the X's and ... «SI.com, Jul 15»

Obama's Evolving Outrage on Guns

The shooting in Louisiana is part of an ongoing national tragedy with a simple solution. The President rightly says that it ought to obsess us. «The New Yorker, Jul 15»

NASA estimates 1 billion 'Earths' in our galaxy alone

We also shouldn't obsess over this one particular planet, nor over any of the intriguing Earth-like planets found by Kepler so far. Kepler is ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Trump: "We Don't Have A Country Without A Border"

... somebody that can listen to somebody say 95 percent things that are nice about me and I seize on the five percent and obsess on it forever. «RealClearPolitics, Jul 15»

As If We Needed Another Reason to Obsess Over This It Bag

Mansur Gavriel Fall 2015 Lookbook. As If We Needed Another Reason to Obsess Over This It Bag. by Aemilia Madden 7/24/15. 7 Shares. Like us on Facebook ... «POPSUGAR, Jul 15»

Mets call up prospect Michael Conforto after placing Michael Cuddye..

She's obsessing over all kinds of things. She always told me you need to obsess about the sport that you're playing and what you want to do. «KTRK-TV, Jul 15»

ABORTION: I stand with Planned Parenthood

Once again, Planned Parenthood is under attack - all because some people have chosen to obsess over the one procedure that no one likes ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»

Maryland Proposes MagLev Marriage Between D.C., Baltimore

Too often, he argues, we obsess over initial construction costs but forget how much money it will take to maintain highways and steel-on-steel ... «WAMU 88.5, Jul 15»

What Do You Really Know About Rachel McAdams?

We have every one of her monologues from The Notebook memorized (as well as every beat of her audition), obsess over her love life, and would probably ... «VH1.com, Jul 15»