obsessive
adjective/əbˈsesɪv/
/əbˈsesɪv/
- thinking too much about one particular person or thing, in a way that is not reasonable or normal
- He's becoming more and more obsessive about punctuality.
- an obsessive attention to detail
Extra Examples- She continued on with an almost obsessive determination.
- An obsessive fan was making the singer's life a misery.
- Some collectors become obsessive.
- The play is about obsessive jealousy.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryObsessive is used with these nouns:- desire
- fan
- jealousy
- …
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