obsess /əbˈsɛs/ verb |
inflected forms: obsesses; obsessed; obsessing
1 [with object] : to be the only person or thing that someone thinks or talks about • The war obsesses him he talks about nothing else.— usually used as (be) obsessed • He is obsessed by the war. • She was obsessed with her weight. [=she thought about her weight all the time] • She became more and more obsessed with the project.
2 [no object] informal : to think and talk about someone or something too much • You need to stop obsessing and just deal with the problem. — usually followed by about or over • I’m trying to obsess less about my weight. • He’s always obsessing overmoney.
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