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/əbˈsɛs/ · verb
(passive voice, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion..
Some people are obsessed with sports.
The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.
Over the past few months, RAIL has frequently condemned the Department for Transport for its growing contempt for rail customers - by obsessing on cost, caring nothing for service, and not having the slightest interest in growth.
Thoughts of her obsess my every waking moment.
Stop obsessing over it, will you!
Use obsess when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Obsess means (passive voice, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion..
Common synonyms include fixate, ghost, haunt.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Some people are obsessed with sports.
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