verb
- Haunt like a ghost; pursue.
- usage: "Fear of illness haunts her"
- Be preoccupied with something.
- usage: "She is obsessing over her weight"
- synonyms: obsess
adjective
- Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: haunted, preoccupied, taken up
- Influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion.
- usage: "by love possessed"
- synonyms: possessed
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