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 Definitions of Obsessive  [əbˈsɛs ɪv]  

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Definition of 'Obsessive' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) obsessive
being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession:
an obsessive fear of illness.

2.  obsessive
causing an obsession.

3.  obsessive
excessive, esp. extremely so.

4. (n.) obsessive
a person who has obsessions.

Etymology:  (1910–15)

Definition of 'Obsessive' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) obsessive
a person who has obsessions

2. (adj) obsessional, obsessive
characterized by or constituting an obsession
"the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling"


Definition of 'Obsessive' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) obsessive
unable to stop obsessing
obsessive behavior; She's become obsessive about it.; She cleaned obsessively.


Translation of 'Obsessive' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to occupy (someone's mind) too much
He is obsessed by the fear of death.; an obsession about motorbikes.; obsessional behaviour.; obsessive about cleanliness.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: obsessief Arabic flag Arabic: مَهْووس، مُسْتَحْوِذ عَلي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вманиачен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: obsessivo Czech flag Czech: vtíravý, nutkavý German flag German: besessen
Danish flag Danish: sygelig Greek flag Greek: που έχει ψύχωση με κτ., π Spanish flag Spanish: obsesivo
Estonian flag Estonian: kinnisidee küüsis Farsi flag Farsi: وسواسی Finnish flag Finnish: pakkomielteinen
French flag French: obsédant Hebrew flag Hebrew: שִׁגיוֹנִי Hindi flag Hindi: जादा ही ग्रस्त
Croatian flag Croatian: opsjednut Hungarian flag Hungarian: mániákus Indonesian flag Indonesian: tergila-gila
Icelandic flag Icelandic: haldinnþráhyggju Italian flag Italian: ossessivo Japanese flag Japanese: 取りつかれた
Korean flag Korean: 집착하는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: liguistai pedantiškas Latvian flag Latvian: apsēsts
Malay flag Malay: keterlaluan Dutch flag Dutch: bezeten Norwegian flag Norwegian: sykelig, besatt; tvangs-
Polish flag Polish: przesadny, natrętny, obse Persian flag Persian: وسواسی Pashto flag Pashto: وسواسى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: obsessivo Romanian flag Romanian: obsedant Russian flag Russian: одержимый
Slovak flag Slovak: posadnutý Slovenian flag Slovenian: obseden Serbian flag Serbian: opsesivan
Swedish flag Swedish: tvångsmässig Thai flag Thai: ที่คิดหมกมุ่นอยู่กับสิ่งใ Turkish flag Turkish: saplantılı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 著迷的,難以釋懷的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нав'язливий Urdu flag Urdu: مسلط، توہم پرست
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc sự ám ảnh Chinese flag Chinese: 摆脱不了的

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