OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE

Meaning of OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE in English

obˌsessive-comˈpulsive BrE AmE adjective technical

someone who is obsessive-compulsive tends to repeat particular actions in a way that is not necessary, because they have strong anxious feelings:

obsessive-compulsive behaviour

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — adjective Date: 1927 relating to, characterized by, or affected with recurring obsessions and compulsions especially as symptoms of a neurotic …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — I. ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : relating to or characterized by obsessions and compulsions especially as symptoms of a neurotic state — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — /euhb ses"iv keuhm pul"siv/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to a personality style characterized by perfectionism, indecision, conscientiousness, concern …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — adj. pertaining to an obsessional neurosis, caused by an obsessional neurosis
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — Date: 1927 : relating to, characterized by, or affected with recurring obsessions and compulsions especially as symptoms of a neurotic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — Function: adjective Date: 1927 : relating to, characterized by, or affected with recurring obsessions and compulsions especially as symptoms of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OBSESSIVE–COMPULSIVE — ■ adjective Psychiatry denoting or relating to a disorder in which a person feels compelled to perform certain actions repeatedly …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — [obsessive-compulsive] adj (1927): relating to or characterized by recurring obsessions and compulsions esp. as symptoms of a neurotic state -- …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — obsessive-compulsive BrE AmE əb ˌses ɪv kəm ˈpʌls ɪv ◂ ɒb-, § \ -kɒmˈ•-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN disorder ▪ However, not all studies indicate a high rate of obsessive-compulsive disorder among …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — A form of personality (or personality disorder) marked by obsessions and compulsions.
English Dictionary of Medicine
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — мед. 1) больной, страдающий навязчивым неврозом 2) относящийся к навязчивому неврозу (медицина) больной, страдающий навязчивым неврозом (медицина) относящийся к навязчивому …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — 1. əb͵sesıvkəmʹpʌlsıv n мед. больной, страдающий навязчивым неврозом 2. əb͵sesıvkəmʹpʌlsıv a мед. относящийся к навязчивому неврозу
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — мед. 1) больной, страдающий навязчивым неврозом 2) относящийся к навязчивому неврозу
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE — (r) относящийся к навязчивому неврозу
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE — (a) страдающий навязчивым неврозом больной
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — 1. [əb͵sesıvkəmʹpʌlsıv] n мед. больной, страдающий навязчивым неврозом 2. [əb͵sesıvkəmʹpʌlsıv] a мед. относящийся к навязчивому неврозу
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — 1. əb͵sesıvkəmʹpʌlsıv n мед. больной, страдающий навязчивым неврозом 2. əb͵sesıvkəmʹpʌlsıv a мед. относящийся к навязчивому неврозу
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — обсессивно-компульсивный, склонный к повторяющимся действиям
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE — мед. 1) больной, страдающий навязчивым неврозом 2) относящийся к навязчивому неврозу (медицина) больной, страдающий навязчивым неврозом (медицина) относящийся к навязчивому …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMPULSIVE — adj compulsive
Interlingua English vocab
OBSESSIVE — adjective Date: 1901 1. tending to cause obsession, excessive often to an unreasonable degree, of, relating to, or characterized by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMPULSIVE — adjective Date: 1588 having power to compel, of, relating to, caused by, or suggestive of psychological compulsion or obsession , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OBSESSIVE — I. -ˈsesiv, -sēv also -səv adjective Etymology: obsess ion + -ive 1. a. : tending to provoke obsession b. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPULSIVE — I. kəmˈpəlsiv, -sēv also -səv adjective Etymology: obsolete compulse + -ive 1. : having power to compel admonishing the people …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPULSIVE — (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Английский словарь Webster
COMPULSIVE — ( a. ) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OBSESSIVE — — obsessively , adv. — obsessiveness , n. /euhb ses"iv/ , adj. 1. being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPULSIVE — — compulsively , adv. — compulsiveness, compulsivity /keuhm pul siv"i tee, kom'pul-/ , n. /keuhm pul"siv/ , adj. 1. compelling; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OBSESSIVE — adj. compulsive; having a tendency to be obsessed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COMPULSIVE — n. one who is controlled by obsessions
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COMPULSIVE — adj. compelling, obsessive
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OBSESSIVE — adjective Date: 1901 1. a. : tending to cause obsession b. : excessive often to an unreasonable degree 2. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMPULSIVE — adjective Date: 1588 1. : having power to compel 2. : of, relating to, caused by, or suggestive of psychological …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OBSESSIVE — [ob.ses.sive] adj (1901) 1 a: tending to cause obsession b: excessive often to an unreasonable degree 2: of, relating to, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OBSESSIVE — obsessive BrE AmE əb ˈses ɪv ɒb- ɑːb- ▷ obsessive|ly li ▷ obsessive|ness nəs nɪs ▷ obsessive|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMPULSIVE — compulsive BrE AmE kəm ˈpʌls ɪv § \ ( ˌ ) kɒm- ▷ compulsive|ly li ▷ compulsive|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OBSESSIVE — / əbˈsesɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective thinking too much about one particular person or thing, in a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPULSIVE — / kəmˈpʌlsɪv; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of behaviour ) that is difficult to stop or control : compulsive eating …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OBSESSIVE — I. ob ‧ ses ‧ sive 1 /əbˈsesɪv/ BrE AmE adjective thinking or worrying about something all the time, so …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMPULSIVE — com ‧ pul ‧ sive /kəmˈpʌlsɪv/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . compulsive behaviour is very difficult to stop or control, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMPULSIVE — adj. 1 compelling. 2 resulting or acting from, or as if from, compulsion (a compulsive gambler). 3 Psychol. resulting or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMPULSIVE — adj. 1 compelling. 2 resulting or acting from, or as if from, compulsion (a compulsive gambler). 3 Psychol. resulting or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMPULSIVE — adj.1 compelling. 2 resulting or acting from, or as if from, compulsion (a compulsive gambler). 3 Psychol. resulting or acting …
Oxford English vocab
OBSESSIVE — ( obsessives) 1. If someone’s behaviour is obsessive , they cannot stop doing a particular thing or behaving in a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPULSIVE — 1. You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OBSESSIVE — (~s) 1. If someone’s behaviour is ~, they cannot stop doing a particular thing or behaving in a particular way. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OBSESSIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB almost ▪ The portrait is hyper-real, with almost obsessive attention to surface, to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMPULSIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a compulsive eater (= someone who cannot stop themselves eating too much ) ▪ Most …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OBSESSIVE — [noun] [C]It's hard to get obsessives (= people who are obsessed with something) to take life less seriously.
Cambridge English vocab
COMPULSIVE — [adjective]a compulsive liar/thief/eaterHis compulsive gambling is a serious problem.She is suffering from a compulsive eating disorder.Compulsive can also be used …
Cambridge English vocab
OBSESSIVE — Synonyms and related words : absorbing, all-encompassing, arresting, attractive, compelling, compulsive, consuming, controlling, dominating, driving, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OBSESSIVE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
OBSESSIVE — adj. Obsessive is used with these nouns: ↑ desire , ↑ fan , ↑ jealousy , ↑ love , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COMPULSIVE — adj. Compulsive is used with these nouns: ↑ eater , ↑ gambler , ↑ gambling , ↑ liar , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OBSESSIVE — See ↑ OBSESSION 2
Longman Activator English vocab
OBSESSIVE — adj. 25B6; adjective ALL-CONSUMING, consuming, compulsive, controlling, obsessional, fanatical, neurotic, excessive, besetting, tormenting, inescapable; informal pathological.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMPULSIVE — n. 25B6; adjective a compulsive desire : IRRESISTIBLE, uncontrollable, compelling, overwhelming, urgent; obsessive. compulsive eating : OBSESSIVE, obsessional, addictive, uncontrollable. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OBSESSIVE — adj. haunting, harassing, tormenting, dominating, controlling, possessing, all-encompassing, passionate, unshakeable or unshakable She has an obsessive fear of heights
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
COMPULSIVE — adj. compelling, obsessive, coercive, urgent, forceful, overwhelming, constrained She is such a compulsive workaholic that she double-checks everything done by …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OBSESSIVE — прил.; см. obsessional одержимый навязчивой идеей, желанием
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMPULSIVE — 1. прил. 1) насильственный, принудительный; обязательный compulsive measures ≈ обязательные для исполнения меры Syn : forced, compulsory, coercive 2) психол. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OBSESSIVE — Навязчивый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
OBSESSIVE — obsessive.ogg 1. əbʹsesıv = obsessionist 2. əbʹsesıv a 1. навязчивый, всепоглощающий ( об идее, желании и т. п. ) 2. …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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