Obsessive
adjective
Excessively focused or constantly thinking about something, often to an unhealthy degree.
He has an obsessive interest in vintage cars
Often appears as...
- obsessive interest
- obsessive behavior
noun
A person who is obsessed with something.
He's a real coffee obsessive
Often appears as...
- coffee obsessive
- fitness obsessive
adjective
Relating to an obsession, or characterized by an obsession.
He was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder
Often appears as...
- obsessive compulsive disorder
- obsessive trait
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Excessively focused or constantly thinking about something, often to an unhealthy degree.
He has an obsessive interest in vintage cars
Often appears as...
- obsessive interest
- obsessive behavior
noun
A person who is obsessed with something.
He's a real coffee obsessive
Often appears as...
- coffee obsessive
- fitness obsessive
adjective
Relating to an obsession, or characterized by an obsession.
He was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder
Often appears as...
- obsessive compulsive disorder
- obsessive trait
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Overwhelming Interest
Use 'obsessive' to describe someone's interest that consumes their thoughts and actions beyond normal.
She's obsessive about her garden, spending every free moment in it.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Nuance
'Obsessive' often has a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of balance or control.
His obsessive gaming is affecting his grades.
Pro Tip 3/3Unhealthy Focus
'Obsessive' implies an unhealthy level of focus that may interfere with daily life.
Her obsessive checking of emails disrupted her vacation.
Pro Tip 1/3Overwhelming Interest
Use 'obsessive' to describe someone's interest that consumes their thoughts and actions beyond normal.
She's obsessive about her garden, spending every free moment in it.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Nuance
'Obsessive' often has a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of balance or control.
His obsessive gaming is affecting his grades.
Pro Tip 3/3Unhealthy Focus
'Obsessive' implies an unhealthy level of focus that may interfere with daily life.
Her obsessive checking of emails disrupted her vacation.
Pro Tip 1/3Overwhelming Interest
Use 'obsessive' to describe someone's interest that consumes their thoughts and actions beyond normal.
She's obsessive about her garden, spending every free moment in it.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Nuance
'Obsessive' often has a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of balance or control.
His obsessive gaming is affecting his grades.
Pro Tip 3/3Unhealthy Focus
'Obsessive' implies an unhealthy level of focus that may interfere with daily life.
Her obsessive checking of emails disrupted her vacation.
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The brain in love PIPE...
a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it's going poorly. And indeed, it has all of the characteristics of addiction. You focus on the person, you obsessively think about them, you crave them, you distort reality, your willingness to take enormous risks to win this person.
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Dog vs. Chicken PIPE Dog...
she can't even touch the air give it anything that has belonged to the chicken she can't touch it's not hers no see now this is my what I like right now even though she's facing she she is beat she's breeding that obsessively now it's just part of life okay I never done this right but it
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Brian Goldman: Doctors...
with the admonition, be perfect. Never ever, ever make a mistake, but you worry about the details, about how that's going to happen. And that was the message that I absorbed when I was in med school. I was an obsessive compulsive student. In high school, a classmate once said
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How Magellan circumnaviga...
enough to cover the expedition and turn a profit. An obsessive chronicler, Pigafetta described the lands and people they encountered. With the help of a humble slave, he also compiled the world's first phrase book of native languages.
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Let's talk about sex -...
That was the worst year. I was obsessively curious about sex and also deeply ashamed by it. It wasn't my only problem, of course, not by a long shot, but it was the beginning of a downward spiral. And my bad luck was to hit bottom
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Amazing Dogs Smell Human...
he raises the alarm forty minutes beforehand which gives Tony enough time to make herself safe and avoid injury when AJ's alerted to a major seizure he licks obsessively at my left hand almost as if it's covered in something like
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Debunking the myths of...
like excessive hand washing, or checking things repeatedly, may be examples of obsessive or compulsive tendencies that many of us exhibit from time to time. But the actual disorder is far more rare and can be quite debilitating.
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Performing brain surgery...
such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and obsessive compulsive disorder. The pain of a cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but advancements in these non-invasive procedures are paving a pathway for a more gentle cure.
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Let your eyes do the...
but what it actually is doesn't really matter my obsessive quest to capture what is normally well beyond human perception attracted amazing partners and gave me access to some of the world's most
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Larry Smith: Why you...
well, after all, I'm not weird. Everybody knows that people who pursue their passions are somewhat obsessive. A little strange. Hmm? Hmm? Okay? You know, a fine line between madness and genius.
Video examples
The brain in love PIPE...
a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it's going poorly. And indeed, it has all of the characteristics of addiction. You focus on the person, you obsessively think about them, you crave them, you distort reality, your willingness to take enormous risks to win this person.
Video examples
Dog vs. Chicken PIPE Dog...
she can't even touch the air give it anything that has belonged to the chicken she can't touch it's not hers no see now this is my what I like right now even though she's facing she she is beat she's breeding that obsessively now it's just part of life okay I never done this right but it
Video examples
Brian Goldman: Doctors...
with the admonition, be perfect. Never ever, ever make a mistake, but you worry about the details, about how that's going to happen. And that was the message that I absorbed when I was in med school. I was an obsessive compulsive student. In high school, a classmate once said
Video examples
How Magellan circumnaviga...
enough to cover the expedition and turn a profit. An obsessive chronicler, Pigafetta described the lands and people they encountered. With the help of a humble slave, he also compiled the world's first phrase book of native languages.
Video examples
Let's talk about sex -...
That was the worst year. I was obsessively curious about sex and also deeply ashamed by it. It wasn't my only problem, of course, not by a long shot, but it was the beginning of a downward spiral. And my bad luck was to hit bottom
Video examples
Amazing Dogs Smell Human...
he raises the alarm forty minutes beforehand which gives Tony enough time to make herself safe and avoid injury when AJ's alerted to a major seizure he licks obsessively at my left hand almost as if it's covered in something like
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
like excessive hand washing, or checking things repeatedly, may be examples of obsessive or compulsive tendencies that many of us exhibit from time to time. But the actual disorder is far more rare and can be quite debilitating.
Video examples
Performing brain surgery...
such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and obsessive compulsive disorder. The pain of a cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but advancements in these non-invasive procedures are paving a pathway for a more gentle cure.
Video examples
Let your eyes do the...
but what it actually is doesn't really matter my obsessive quest to capture what is normally well beyond human perception attracted amazing partners and gave me access to some of the world's most
Video examples
Larry Smith: Why you...
well, after all, I'm not weird. Everybody knows that people who pursue their passions are somewhat obsessive. A little strange. Hmm? Hmm? Okay? You know, a fine line between madness and genius.
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Zac Posen
American Designer
If you're entering into fashion in an original way, you have to know your craft, and you have to know your history. You have to be obsessively dedicated. You have to be relentless about making it happen. It doesn't take a bank. It takes passion, love, timing, and luck.
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Kaskade
American Musician
When you go see a good DJ, you'll know it, man - you'll know it in your bones. Between the guy who's phoning it in and the guy who's obsessively working it to give you the best show of his life.
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Joan Didion
American Author
A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.
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Jacques Derrida
French Philosopher
These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to moderate.
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Ishaan Khatter
Indian Actor
I've worked towards self-development as an aspiring artiste. I've been most passionate about dancing and acting, so I have followed it obsessively.
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Ethan Slater
American Actor
I've always been somebody who sort of throws himself, you could say, obsessively into whatever thing I'm passionate about.
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Trinny Woodall
English Designer
I will admit I am quite obsessive about the world of anti-ageing.
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Eddi Reader
Scottish Musician
I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.
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Simon Helberg
American Actor
I guess I get really obsessive or passionate about things.
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Paul Wesley
American Actor
I played ice hockey obsessively for 14 years of my life.
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Zac Posen
American Designer
If you're entering into fashion in an original way, you have to know your craft, and you have to know your history. You have to be obsessively dedicated. You have to be relentless about making it happen. It doesn't take a bank. It takes passion, love, timing, and luck.
Quote examples
Kaskade
American Musician
When you go see a good DJ, you'll know it, man - you'll know it in your bones. Between the guy who's phoning it in and the guy who's obsessively working it to give you the best show of his life.
Quote examples
Joan Didion
American Author
A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.
Quote examples
Jacques Derrida
French Philosopher
These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to moderate.
Quote examples
Ishaan Khatter
Indian Actor
I've worked towards self-development as an aspiring artiste. I've been most passionate about dancing and acting, so I have followed it obsessively.
Quote examples
Ethan Slater
American Actor
I've always been somebody who sort of throws himself, you could say, obsessively into whatever thing I'm passionate about.
Quote examples
Trinny Woodall
English Designer
I will admit I am quite obsessive about the world of anti-ageing.
Quote examples
Eddi Reader
Scottish Musician
I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.
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Simon Helberg
American Actor
I guess I get really obsessive or passionate about things.
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Paul Wesley
American Actor
I played ice hockey obsessively for 14 years of my life.
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