OBSESSIVE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

obsessive

adjective

äb-ˈse-siv

Definition of obsessive

as in impulsive

caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge intrigued by the man's obsessive counting of everyday objects

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Recent Examples of obsessive Luchesi then completed 70 separate distillations to arrive at Devil's Grin's finished recipe—a process requiring the obsessive attention to detail that defines craft distilling. — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Benante will be appearing at Comic-Con this week along with his wife Carla Harvey, also a comics obsessive and singer with acts like Lords of Acid and the Violent Hour. — Lina Lecaro, SPIN, 22 July 2026 That’s pretty much what happens when any bubble pops, as a Dutch tulip obsessive could have told you in 1637 or a bitcoin evangelist could have told you in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, or 2022. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026 As a media obsessive, nowhere has that impulse been truer for me than Tolkien, Jackson, and Bilbo. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for obsessive

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Duke responds with an act of impulsive violence that leads to nearly eight years of incarceration.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
That’s only made worse by the fact that it’s treated as some kind of grand betrayal rather than an impulsive act of youthful stupidity that will make for a good story one day.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 July 2026