OBSESSING Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word obsessing. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for OBSESSING
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absorbed | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • giving or marked by complete attention to • retained without reflection | ||||||||
besotted | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • very drunk | ||||||||
captivated | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • strongly attracted • filled with wonder and delight | ||||||||
engrossed | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • giving or marked by complete attention to • written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document | ||||||||
entranced | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • filled with wonder and delight | ||||||||
fascinated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having your attention fixated as though by a spell | ||||||||
haunted | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something • showing emotional affliction or disquiet • inhabited by or as if by apparitions | ||||||||
infatuated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness | ||||||||
mesmerized | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having your attention fixated as though by a spell | ||||||||
preoccupied | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • deeply absorbed in thought • having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something | ||||||||
spellbound | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having your attention fixated as though by a spell | ||||||||
consumed | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • eat up completely, as with great appetite • serve oneself to, or consume regularly • spend extravagantly • destroy completely • use up (resources or materials) • engage fully | ||||||||
fixated | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way • pay attention to exclusively and obsessively • make fixed, stable or stationary • become fixed (on) | ||||||||
gripped | verbv | |||||||
noun • the act of grasping • the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it • a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes • the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) • worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made • an intellectual hold or understanding • a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place verb • hold fast or firmly • to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match • to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | ||||||||
ghost | nounn | |||||||
noun • a mental representation of some haunting experience • a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else • the visible disembodied soul of a dead person • a suggestion of some quality verb • move like a ghost • haunt like a ghost; pursue • write for someone else | ||||||||
haunt | verbv | |||||||
noun • a frequently visited place verb • follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to • haunt like a ghost; pursue • be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place |