noun
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A person who is obsessed, who has an obsession.
adjective
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Prone to cause obsession.
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The idea is too tempting, it's obsessive.
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Having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others.
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Hardcore fans' obsessive behavior may take over their lives.
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Excessive, as results from obsession.
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A workaholic's obsessive zeal may lead to success or burnout.
Examples of obsessive in a Sentence
She was a very obsessive woman too, a far different person than we were all led to believe.
Although it's unclear why some people suffer from Asperger syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder at the same time, some physicians believe that AS leads to anxiety or depression, which may or may not worsen over time to include OCD.
Titanic ambition, obsessive vision, furious virtuosity, Prince 's gifts have seemed uncanny -- Mephistophelean, profligate.
The behavior becomes a problem in children when they don't grow out of it; this signals a possible obsessive compulsive disorder or intellectual disability.
The two sequels scored equally well in the box office and inspired a legion of obsessive fans.
This form typically includes agitation or nervous behavior and/or obsessive worrying.
Compulsions often develop as a way of controlling or "undoing" obsessive thoughts.
These ritual actions, known as compulsions, help reduce anxiety caused by the individual's obsessive thoughts.
Often described as the "disease of doubt," the sufferer usually knows the obsessive thoughts and compulsions are irrational but, on another level, fears they may be true.
If they are obsessive about rubber ducks for example, list rubber ducks.
This can be an overwhelming relationship that can border on the side of obsessive.
If this trait goes unchecked and isn't self-monitored, it can become an obsessive one that eventually drives away any potential mate unless that mate happens to be another earth sign.
This obsessive behavior can extend to details as well.
Was he always going to be so obsessive?
I ask him whether he's an obsessive collector.
Crisps and beer, with an obsessive compulsion to climb hard every day.
Instrumental in bringing EDA to Send was Sue Turner, the gym instructor, who noticed the obsessive way some women weighed themselves.
In Vertigo he really gets beneath the skin of a deranged romantic obsessive who develops acute melancholia.
The reader can become obsessive too, equally absorbed by Sylvia'a account of the joys of nose-picking as by her emotional neediness.
There is little of the obsessive manipulation of money and place that feeds the educational neurosis of the American and British middle classes.
Dean is getting a bit too obsessive for Rory.
Simon Keep originally become a sound obsessive whilst studying at art school, making sound installation and electro-acoustic composition.
Hence our obsessive preoccupation with them this part pulls us obsessive preoccupation with them this part pulls us obsessively, wanting to emerge from hiding.
To these ends, DEFRA has been almost obsessive about secrecy.
A pressured schedule toward mid month may make you slightly obsessive or too intense.
I'm the wrong person to ask about this, being rather obsessive fan of the bard and filmic adaptations of his work.
Our hunt for this band has been a long and tireless affair and quite obsessive at times.
The threat could come from terrorists, rivals or even obsessive fans.
Let me tell you a story about a man who became obsessive in his exercise of free speech.
There was no need to get obsessive about these things.
Thomas Layton and his method of collecting seem obsessive to us today.
Hence our obsessive preoccupation with them this part pulls us obsessively, wanting to emerge from hiding.
In his later prose memoirs, he records in hypnotic and possibly obsessive detail the joys of nature and countryside pursuits.
I'd had this slightly obsessive idea about doing a secular Requiem for a while - since my mate's little girl died.
I have been pleased to find there is not the obsessive secrecy I'd come to expect during my previous marriage.
Titanic ambition, obsessive vision, furious virtuosity, Prince's gifts have seemed uncanny -- Mephistophelean, profligate.
Intended to perform obsessive police classic filled with tips chief justice warren.
I 'd had this slightly obsessive idea about doing a secular Requiem for a while - since my mate 's little girl died.
As a sports obsessive I have also always regarded it as one of the great underdog victories.
Shopping for used record albums has become an obsessive hobby for some diehard music lovers, and for good reason.
They advised putting her on a medication for obsessive compulsive disorder.
Similarly, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) often responds well to SSRI medications, but not to St. John's Wort.
Usually, these individuals find help by following the same course of treatment as other people suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (medication and counseling).
Michael Jackson fakes are also obsessive, with some impersonators seeking the same "extreme" plastic surgery that MJ himself has had.
Many have theorized that his wins are the result of his obsessive focus, a focus that helped him stave off cancer.
While this doesn't make for the happiest reading material, obsessive fans just can't get enough of their favorite celebs, even after they take their last breath.
When you play a game for hours on end, it's hard not to become involved with the characters; just don't become obsessive with these video game vixens.
Depending on your gaming style, whether you are a casual player or a psycho obsessive (like me), different kinds of accessories can enhance your play.
You'd never think to look at the goat that he would care what anyone thought of him, but he does to the point of being obsessive at times.
Obsessive behavior-Sometimes, the first indication that a child may have autism is through evidence of obsessive behaviors.