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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne