Everybody blows it once in a while. It's better not to obsess on it.
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Obsess
//əbˈsɛs//
Synonyms for "obsess" (81 found)
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42 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- завладявам verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
Catalan
1 entries- obsessionar verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 入迷 verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
- 入迷 verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
- 痴迷 verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
- 痴迷 verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
Danish
1 entries- besætte verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
Dutch
4 entries- obsederen verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
- obsederen verb (to think or talk obsessively about)
- rondspoken verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
- spoken verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
Esperanto
1 entries- obsedi verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
Finnish
4 entries- hallita verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
- olla koukussa verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
- pitää vallassaan verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
- saarnata verb (to think or talk obsessively about)
Italian
2 entries- ossessionare verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
- ossessionarsi verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
Japanese
1 entries- 取り付く verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
Māori
3 entries- whakamaimoa verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
- whakamaimoa verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
- whakamaimoa verb (to think or talk obsessively about)
Norwegian
1 entries- være besatt verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
Polish
1 entries- prześladować verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
Russian
4 entries- завладе́ть verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
- завладева́ть verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
- заци́кливаться verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
- заци́клиться verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- opsednuti verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
- опседнути verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
Spanish
2 entries- obsesionar verb (to dominate the thoughts of someone)
- obsesionarse verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
Swedish
1 entries- vara besatt verb (to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Don't obsess over numbers. Numerology is nothing more than pseudoscience.
Source: tatoeba (9169046)
I probably shouldn't obsess over my trauma.
Source: tatoeba (9687013)
I know you obsess about Mama. It's something spiritual for you, maybe.
Source: tatoeba (10767642)
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