OBSESSES Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

obsesses

verb

Definition of obsesses next

present tense third-person singular of obsess

as in attracts

to hold one's attention to an extreme degree The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching.

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Recent Examples of obsesses Tullman also hired Bre Smith as his executive vice president, an artist in her own right but also a veteran of hospitality at the Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey and elsewhere, and a woman with a hefty budget who obsesses over everything from the flatware to the level of customer service. —

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026 While the market obsesses over chips, the real story is Nvidia's 'five-layer stack' designed to squeeze hyperscaler margins and lock-in the generation of agentic AI. —

Fred Imbert, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026 While Washington debates deepfakes and Silicon Valley obsesses over LLMs that write poetry, the global economy is hitting a physical wall. —

Vivek Ranadive, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026 Trump obsesses over bloodlines too. —

Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026 The narrator cries, rages, longs for the living body and the lively boy, and obsesses over painful details, especially the bleak journey by sea that brought the remains of his beloved friend back home. —

Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 The story follows trauma nurse Aly Cappellucci, who obsesses over masked men on social media, fantasizing about them chasing her down. —

Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 26 Jan. 2026 Two nights later, Bregman got the celebrity treatment in a United Center suite while watching a Chicago Blackhawks game, an outing that drew attention in a city that obsesses over sports the way Washington revolves around politics and Los Angeles draws an identity from Hollywood. —

Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026 But that’s not all, as Markle, in particular, reportedly obsesses over details. —

Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 29 Dec. 2025

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Set the scene In a northern section of Beijing, away from the tourist hustle and bustle, this property attracts a lot of regional travelers.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
What few efforts do exist to address alcohol’s harms have been overshadowed by the opioid crisis, a parallel drug epidemic that attracts more funding, spurs more policy change, and garners more media attention despite being vastly less deadly.

— Lev Facher, STAT, 12 May 2026