obsession, fixation
(noun) an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
compulsion, obsession
(noun) an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; “her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
obsession (countable and uncountable, plural obsessions)
A compulsive or irrational preoccupation.
An unhealthy fixation.
Influence or control by evil spirits without possession.
• bosonises
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*ses"sion, n. Etym: [L. obsessio: cf.F. obsession.]
1. The act of besieging. Johnson.
2. The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without. Tylor. Whether by obsession or possession, I will not determine. Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
