Obsession
English
Noun
Obsession (countable and uncountable; plural Obsessions)- A compulsive or irrational preoccupation.
- An unhealthy fixation.
Verbs for Obsession
actuate—; assail by—; beset by—; fret over—; molest with—; plague by—; —annoys ; —bedevils; —discomposes; —disquiets; —distresses; —disturbs; —grasps; —grates; —haunts; —hovers over; —inhabits; —inspires; —persecutes; —plagues; —ruffles; —seizes; —tortures; —vexes; — weighs.
Thesaurus
absorbed attention, absorption, abstraction, abulia, alienation, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, application, bedevilment, bewitchery, bewitchment, captivation, catatonic stupor, complex, compulsion, concentration, contemplation, conviction, deep study, deep thought, dejection, depression, detachment, elation, emotionalism, enchantment, engagement, engrossment, entrancement, euphoria, fascination, fixation, fixed idea, folie du doute, hang-up, hypercathexis, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, idee fixe, illusion, immersion, indifference, insensibility, intentness, involvement, irresistible impulse, lethargy, mania, maya, meditation, melancholia, mental distress, monomania, morbid drive, obsessive compulsion, passion, pathological indecisiveness, phobia, possession, preoccupation, prepossession, profound thought, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, rapt attention, ruling passion, single-mindedness, spirit control, studiousness, study, stupor, submersion, thing, tic, twitching, unresponsiveness, witchery, withdrawal
