OBSESSIVE


Meaning of OBSESSIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əbsesɪv ]

( obsessives)

1.

If someone’s behaviour is obsessive , they cannot stop doing a particular thing or behaving in a particular way.

Williams is obsessive about motor racing...

ADJ : oft ADJ about n

• ob‧ses‧sive‧ly

He couldn’t help worrying obsessively about what would happen...

The Ministry is being obsessively secretive about the issue.

ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj

2.

An obsessive is someone who is obsessive about something or who behaves in an obsessive way.

I am not an obsessive. Not at all.

N-COUNT

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