"obsessive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əbˈsɛsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obsessive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more obsessive [comparative], most obsessive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: obsess + -ive Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|obsess|ive}} obsess + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} obsessive (comparative more obsessive, superlative most obsessive)
  1. Prone to cause obsession. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (prone to cause obsession): натрапчив (natrapčiv) (Bulgarian), obsederend (Dutch), obsedant (Romanian), opsedàntan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-obsessive-en-adj-8uvC7j81 Disambiguation of Personality: 55 7 12 26 Disambiguation of 'prone to cause obsession': 95 1 4
  2. Having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others. Synonyms (having one thought or pursuing one activity): unrelenting, unyielding, headstrong Translations (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others): маниакален (maniakalen) (Bulgarian), obsessiu (Catalan), obsessief (Dutch), dwangmatig (Dutch), pakkomielteinen (Finnish), obsessif (French), obsesivo [masculine] (Galician), obsessiv (German), zwanghaft (German), dúghafach (Irish), ossessivo (Italian), obsessivo (Portuguese), obsesivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-obsessive-en-adj-D4cjCRjv Disambiguation of 'having one thought or pursuing one activity': 7 91 3 Disambiguation of 'having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others': 2 98 1
  3. Excessive, as results from obsession. Translations (excessive): obsessiv (German), besessen (German), ιδεοληπτικός (ideoliptikós) (Greek), ψυχαναγκαστικός (psychanagkastikós) (Greek), obsesyjny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-obsessive-en-adj-5hCML3mw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 17 49 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 26 18 47 10 Disambiguation of 'excessive': 5 0 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: obsessive-compulsive, obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessive-compulsiveness, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, obsessive compulsive spartanism, obsessive-compulsivity, obsessively, schizo-obsessive disorder Related terms: obsess, obsession, obsessional

Noun [English]

IPA: /əbˈsɛsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obsessive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: obsessives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: obsess + -ive Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|obsess|ive}} obsess + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} obsessive (plural obsessives)
  1. A person who is obsessed, who has an obsession. Translations (person who is obsessed): geobsedeerde [masculine] (Dutch), obsédé [masculine] (French), ιδεοληπτικός (ideoliptikós) (Greek), ψυχαναγκαστικός (psychanagkastikós) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-obsessive-en-noun-mA-jnwpF

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɔp.sɛ.siv/, /ɔp.se.siv/
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} obsessive
  1. feminine singular of obsessif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: obsessif
    Sense id: en-obsessive-fr-adj-VTc599F0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [German]

Audio: De-obsessive.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|adjective form}} obsessive
  1. inflection of obsessiv: Tags: accusative, feminine, form-of, mixed, nominative, singular, strong Form of: obsessiv
    Sense id: en-obsessive-de-adj-s3Tb5pY-
  2. inflection of obsessiv: Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, strong Form of: obsessiv
    Sense id: en-obsessive-de-adj-gh4VAx4h
  3. inflection of obsessiv: Tags: form-of, nominative, singular, weak Form of: obsessiv
    Sense id: en-obsessive-de-adj-XcS2qHfW Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 37 21
  4. inflection of obsessiv: Tags: accusative, feminine, form-of, neuter, singular, weak Form of: obsessiv
    Sense id: en-obsessive-de-adj-3kO4U7qz

Inflected forms

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      "word": "dúghafach"
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