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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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