obsesses in English

verb

1

preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent.

he was obsessed with the theme of death

synonyms: preoccupy, be uppermost in someone's mind, prey on someone's mind, prey on, possess, haunt, consume, plague, torment, hound, bedevil, beset, take control of, control, take over, have a hold on, rule, eat up, have a grip on, grip

verb

• preoccupy, be uppermost in someone's mind, prey on someone's mind, prey on, possess, haunt, consume, plague, torment, hound, bedevil, beset, take control of, control, take over, have a hold on, rule, eat up, have a grip on, grip
• ghost, haunt

Use "obsesses" in a sentence

1. (56) A man obsesses over a single dandelion in his neighbor’s yard.

2. Anglophilia (n): A condition in which a person obsesses about Britain and its culture. You were born on the wrong side of the pond, weren't you?

3. Unlike a bibliophile, and Bibliomaniac does not have a defined and concise collection, but rather obsesses over having every single book possible, and gives preference to signed books or other books of value; ie.