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Adjective

Intensely preoccupied with, or by, a given topic or emotion

To be continuously haunted or possessed by something, especially negative emotions, ideas or desires

Having an intense or passionate interest

Full of fervor

Passionately motivated to achieve one's goals

Likely to

Behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of love

Having or involving an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something

Slightly mad

Unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful

To have involved or engaged in deeply

Past tense for to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion

Past tense for to worry about something, especially on one's own

Past tense for to mentally worry or torment

Past tense for to inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm

Past tense for think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried

Past tense for to cause to become angry

Past tense for obsess, fawn

Past tense for be constantly or visibly anxious

Past tense for to crave, want or desire something or someone

Past tense for obsess over

Past tense for focus

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Intensely preoccupied with, or by, a given topic or emotion

focused^US

focussed^UK

mesmerised^UK

mesmerized^US

rapt

hypnotised^UK

hypnotized^US

having a one-track mind

eat sleep and breathe

enamored^US

enamoured^UK

head over heels in love

enamored of^UK

consumed with desire for

bowled over by

enamoured of^US

head over heels in love with

under someone's spell

very keen on

ensorcelled by

hopelessly in love with

enquiring^UK

inquiring^US

burning with curiosity

swept off one's feet by

monopolized^US

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

monopolised^UK

utilized^US

utilised^UK

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“Giorgio is obsessed with looking for aliens where none exist.”

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To be continuously haunted or possessed by something, especially negative emotions, ideas or desires

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

at the end of one's tether

with one's back to the wall

pressurized^US

with one's back up against the wall

pressurised^UK

at the end of one's rope

at wit's end

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“Thenceforth, she became obsessed with thoughts of revenge.”

Adjective

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Having an intense or passionate interest

enamored^US

enamoured^UK

tantalized^US

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

tantalised^UK

waiting with bated breath

straining at the leash

on the edge of one's seat

faint from lack of food

could eat a horse

dying from lack of food

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Adjective

Full of fervor

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Adjective

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Passionately motivated to achieve one's goals

galvanised^UK

galvanized^US

full of determination

urged on

self-driven

relentless

focused^US

focussed^UK

committed to the idea of

standing one's ground

with one's feet dug in

convinced

with one's toes dug in

intensely competitive

having killer instinct

nose to the grindstone

sticking to one's guns

of preconceived ideas

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Adjective

Likely to

in the habit of using

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Behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of love

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Having or involving an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something

like a cat on a hot tin roof

willful

prima donna-ish

like a cat on hot bricks

in a state of agitation

having a funny feeling

ill-humored^US

driven to distraction

quick to take offence

at the end of your tether

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Adjective

Slightly mad

away with the fairies

not right in the head

not the full shilling

not quite right in the head

have kangaroos in the top paddock

have bats in the belfry

flaky^UK

flakey^US

severely mentally ill

daft as a brush

a few cards shy of a full deck

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

have kangaroos in one's top paddock

have bats in one's belfry

one card shy of a full deck

not in one's right mind

ape

in the ozone

out of one's gourd

having bats in the belfry

in another world

mentally deranged

deprived of one's wits

having a screw loose

in a daze

manic-depressive

having kangaroos in the top paddock

two sandwiches short of a picnic

one sandwich short of a picnic

out of one's tree

as mad as a March hare

not functioning properly

thick as two short planks

at the end of your tether

not in your right mind

severely mentally disordered

driven to distraction

like a chicken with its head cut off

not knowing if one is coming or going

with Alzheimer's disease

terrorizing^US

knock-down-and-drag-out

terrorising^UK

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Adjective

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Unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful

Verb

To have involved or engaged in deeply

mesmerized^US

monopolized^US

mesmerised^UK

monopolised^UK

hypnotized^US

hypnotised^UK

held the attention of

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

enamored^US

aroused one's curiosity

taken up

engaged one's attention

lit someone's fire

tickled someone's fancy

whetted one's appetite

caught one's eye

took up

floated someone's boat

captured one's imagination

enamoured^UK

magnetized^US

grabbed the attention of

humoured^UK

magnetised^UK

humored^US

aroused the curiosity of

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Past tense for to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion

“But my fears that their mental suggestions might obsess her were baseless.”

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Past tense for to worry about something, especially on one's own

stewed

fretted

worried

agonised^UK

agonized^US

went through the mill

gone through the mill

labored^US

laboured^UK

wrestled with oneself

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Past tense for to mentally worry or torment

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

agonised^UK

agonized^US

given someone a hard time

driven round the bend

gotten on your nerves

gave someone a hard time

gave a hard time

given a hard time

given one the business

gave one the business

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Past tense for to inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm

swept you off your feet

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Past tense for think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried

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Past tense for to cause to become angry

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Past tense for obsess, fawn

fangirled

fawned

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Past tense for be constantly or visibly anxious

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Past tense for to crave, want or desire something or someone

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Past tense for obsess over

Verb

Past tense for focus

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