obsessive-compulsive

Speech parts

1. obsessive-compulsive - Noun

2. obsessive-compulsive - Adjective

3. obsessive-compulsive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics

characterized by obsessions and compulsions

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

obsessive compulsive

Antonyms

right together normal sage lucid responsible
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Hypernyms

neurotic psychoneurotic mental case

Examples

I'm probably just as good a mother as the next repressed, obsessive-compulsive paranoiac. Anne Lamott

I am methodical to the point of being obsessive-compulsive. And I have always been good at multi-tasking. Deepika Padukone

Personally I'm obsessive-compulsive about the placement and cleanliness of my things. Chace Crawford

I know I have an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive side. Demi Moore

Maybe my desire to find meaning in all of this was just a remnant of my obsessive-compulsive behavior, and yet it felt as though a map was being drawn for me, but every landmark was a riddle that needed solving before I could unearth my own lost treasure: myself. Kevin Keck

I was diagnosed a number of years ago with obsessive-compulsive disorder - which everyone has, to some degree - and I have this really annoying trait where in conversation, I always steer it back to something that happened to me. Paula Poundstone

Close letter words and terms

obsessive person obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours obsessive-compulsive disorder obsessive-compulsive neurosis obsessive-compulsive personality