vverb.emotionhaunt like a ghost; pursueSynset:ghost haunt obsess
Examples:- Fear of illness haunts her
Derivationally Related Form:ghostobsession
Hypernyms:preoccupy
Inherited Hypernyms:hauntpreoccupycontrol
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: haunt) | The good news will --- her (apply to: haunt, ghost, obsess)
vverb.emotionbe preoccupied with somethingExamples:- She is obsessing over her weight
Derivationally Related Form:obsessionobsessive
Hypernyms:worry
Inherited Hypernyms:obsessworry
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- over the results of the experiment (apply to: obsess)
adj satadj.allhaving or showing excessive or compulsive concern with somethingSynset:haunted preoccupied taken up
Examples:- became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle
- was absolutely obsessed with the girl
- got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children
- he was taken up in worry for the old woman
Antonyms:unconcerned
Derivationally Related Form:preoccupancy
Inherited Hypernyms:haunted
Similar to:concerned
adj satadj.allinfluenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotionSynset:possessed
Antonyms:uncontrolled
Inherited Hypernyms:obsessed
Similar to:controlled