1 [VN] [usuallypassive] to completely fill your mind so that you cannot think of anything else:
He's obsessed by computers. * She's completely obsessed with him. * The need to produce the most exciting newspaper story obsesses most journalists.
2 be obsessing (about sth) [V] to be always talking or worrying about a particular thing, especially when this annoys other people:
I think you should try to stop obsessing about food.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is obsess a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, obsess is tagged as verb.
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