obsess

verb/əbˈsɛs/

Frequency rank: #14,374 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

to think about something constantly and to an excessive degree.

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Example sentence

He tends to obsess over small mistakes and cannot stop thinking about them.

Synonyms & related words

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