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To be excessively preoccupied
Answer for the clue "To be excessively preoccupied ", 6 letters:
obsess
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1500, "to besiege," from Latin obsessus , past participle of obsidere "watch closely; besiege, occupy; stay, remain, abide" literally "sit opposite to," from ob "against" (see ob- ) + sedere "sit" (see sedentary ). Of evil spirits, "to haunt," from 1530s. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
obsess \ob*sess"\, v. i. To be excessively or persistently preoccupied with something; -- usually used with on or over; as, to obsess over an imagined insult. At all ages children are driven to figure out what it takes to succeed among their peers and to ...
Usage examples of obsess.
The obsessed leader of the Anabasis would not be content to monitor the situation on Travancore from distant Ceres.
He wound up on the Beach at Sigma End, where he hung out with guys like the legendary Billy Anker, at that time obsessed with Radio RX1.
She was interested in her body and her face, but she was obsessed with her hair, which at the time they rescued Billy Anker from Redline was a long pinkish-blonde floss that smelled permanently of peppermint shampoo.
The correspondents to whom his letters were addressed were not persons specially interested in religion or chemistry or the cabbala, and, of all men, Goethe was least likely to be obsessed by any set of ideas to the exclusion of all others.
Sir Patrick is probably just like Ridley, obsessed with that stupid legend and determined to find the Clachan Fala.
I obsess about sweets, and after dieting for a week I usually binge on cookies, candy, or cake.
Our Mick, the man obsessed with neatness, who has no social connections and heaps of good sense, the man in search of the perfect woman, falls in love with a dithery fortune-telling society girl who sees the future.
Syfte, the eldest daughter, was particularly intrigued, and even when she turned twenty, and rationality overpowered the primitive, childish adoration of Uncle Ender, she was still obsessed with him.
Captain Flume was obsessed with the idea that Chief White Halfoat would tiptoe up to his cot one night when he was sound asleep and slit his throat open for him from ear to ear.
Heston had enough to do to keep him from obsessing about the Gizmo, the fault lines, even the Neworlders, though the last were never far from his mind.
The President seemed to have become obsessed by Congressional headcounts lately.
Frontal Lobe Sun Belt Universities you will find the young of the Pre-Dom Species obsessed with disciplined Self-Actualized Hedonic Freedom.
Every moneyed fool that has gone into the game from the Marquis of Hastings down to the Jubilee Juggins has been obsessed with the same idea.
It seemed certain, in fact, that Keeling had become obsessed with possessing Eliza and her oh so prosperous plantation to the point that he would stop at nothing.
He had no idea what Jester was babbling about, when his thoughts were obsessed with the fact that Kylie should be stark naked by now.