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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhb-ses
Phonetic Transcription : əbˈsɛs

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Définition of obsessing

Origin :
  • c.1500, "to besiege," from Latin obsessus, past participle of obsidere "watch closely; besiege, occupy; stay, remain, abide" literally "sit opposite to," from ob "against" (see ob-) + sedere "sit" (see sedentary). Of evil spirits, "to haunt," from 1530s. Psychological sense is 20c. Related: Obsessed; obsessing.
  • verb preoccupy
Example sentences :
  • It seemed as if a cloud was in my brain, obsessing me at all times.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • The first obsessing spell had given place to this—it was good to be so loved.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Gives » by Owen Johnson
  • He hoped by these occupations to free himself from his obsessing thoughts of Vera.
  • Extract from : « The Precipice » by Ivan Goncharov
  • The obsessing aim of many mothers is to "harden" their children.
  • Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy
  • Such thoughts were obsessing, also, the parson of the parish.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of Susan Yellam » by Horace Annesley Vachell
  • They fitted into the thoughts which had been obsessing her with a curious precision.
  • Extract from : « The Lamp of Fate » by Margaret Pedler
  • This thought had been obsessing Hilda all the afternoon and evening.
  • Extract from : « Hilda Lessways » by Arnold Bennett
  • Your object is to fight on his side, remember, against this thing that is obsessing him.
  • Extract from : « The Necromancers » by Robert Hugh Benson
  • The truth was forced out of her when it was evident to me that something was obsessing her.
  • Extract from : « The Nervous Housewife » by Abraham Myerson
  • His face was growing more and more hateful to her with an unearthly and obsessing antipathy.
  • Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck

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