Associations to the word «Obsess»

Wiktionary

OBSESS, verb. (passive) (constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
OBSESS, verb. (transitive) To dominate the thoughts of someone.
OBSESS, verb. (intransitive) (colloquial) (construed with over) To think or talk obsessively about.

Dictionary definition

OBSESS, verb. Haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her".
OBSESS, verb. Be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope