as in impulsive
caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge
intrigued by the man's obsessive counting of everyday objects
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Of course, John’s doubts immediately begin to fuel an obsessive curiosity about the verboten cellar, especially once it’s learned that Emmett’s own family disappeared from the premises long ago, and other occupants since fled after curiously brief residencies.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
This Week: Resist obsessive ideas about money and possessions.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024
The Phantom and Norma are both attention-hungry spiders in glittering lairs; both are fantasists whose faces, either twisted or simply aging, become their obsessive focus.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Then there’s the most frequent object of obsessive news stress: polls.
—Arianna Huffington, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
This Week: Resist obsessive ideas about money and possessions.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024
The Phantom and Norma are both attention-hungry spiders in glittering lairs; both are fantasists whose faces, either twisted or simply aging, become their obsessive focus.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Then there’s the most frequent object of obsessive news stress: polls.
—Arianna Huffington, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Obsessive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsessive. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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