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obsessional

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of obsessional

caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge

  • had an obsessional need to be liked by everybody
Synonyms of obsessional

besetting, compulsive, driven, impulsive, obsessive
Words Related to obsessional

irrepressible, uncontrollable

automatic, instinctive, involuntary, knee-jerk, reflex, spontaneous

conditioned, mechanical

unconscious, unthinking, unwitting

capricious, unpredictable, whimsical
Near Antonyms of obsessional

unforced, voluntary, willful (or wilful)

controllable, manageable, resistible

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