obsessing
- 1Present participle and gerund of obsess.
Stop obsessing over things you cannot control.
The detective was obsessing about a single overlooked detail in the file.
Note
One spelling, two directions of preoccupation. When the worry is the subject, the verb is transitive and takes the person as its object: the case kept obsessing him. When the person is the subject, it is intransitive and usually needs about or over: he kept obsessing about the case. That intransitive use leans colloquial. As a gerund it heads a noun phrase: obsessing about it won't help.
The unsolved case kept obsessing him long after he retired.
Obsessing about the result won't change it.
obsessing is a form of obsess
obsess, verb: To be completely preoccupied with a single topic or emotion, returning to it again and again. Full entry
- Spelling
- obsess → obsessing: add -ing
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with obsessing, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.