obsession

[US]/əbˈseʃn/
[UK]/əbˈseʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. A persistent, uncontrollable idea or thought that troubles a person.

Example Sentences

an unhealthy obsession with fast cars.

my obsession will last while there's life in this old carcass.

concomitant with his obsession with dirt was a desire for order.

her obsession has taken the form of compulsive exercise.

he was in the grip of an obsession he was powerless to resist.

restaurants worked to slake the Italian obsession with food.

ungodly lives of self-obsession, lust, and pleasure.

be under an obsession of

I went through a long obsession with potlatch.

I don’t understand television’s current obsession with cookery programmes.

Do you think whether or not you got any sense of  obsession or fike regarding conventional work and life?

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