obsess
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
haunt like a ghost; pursue
Fear of illness haunts her
Types & categories
- preoccupy hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be preoccupied with something
She is obsessing over her weight
Types & categories
- worry hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ghost |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | preoccupy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obsessive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | worry |