Verb

• S: (v) haunt, obsess, ghost (haunt like a ghost; pursue) "Fear of illness haunts her"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) preoccupy (engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively) "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) obsession [Related to: obsess] (an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone)
• W: (n) ghost [Related to: ghost] (a mental representation of some haunting experience) "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
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• S: (v) obsess (be preoccupied with something) "She is obsessing over her weight"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) worry (be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy) "I worry about my job"
• S: (v) fret (be agitated or irritated) "don't fret over these small details"
• S: (v) fear (be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event) "I fear she might get aggressive"
• S: (v) fuss, niggle, fret (worry unnecessarily or excessively) "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
• S: (v) obsess (be preoccupied with something) "She is obsessing over her weight"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame