Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - compulsive
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Compulsive
compulsive
1. You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary. ...a compulsive liar... He was a compulsive gambler and often heavily in debt. ADJ: ADJ n • compulsively John is compulsively neat and clean, he’s terrified of germs. ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj 2. If a book or television programme is compulsive, it is so interesting that you do not want to stop reading or watching it. The BBC series Hot Chefs is compulsive viewing... ADJ • compulsively ...a series of compulsively readable novels. ADV: ADV adj
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1.
adjective Date: 1588 1. having power to compel 2. of, relating to, caused by, or suggestive of psychological compulsion or obsession ~ actions a ~ gambler • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun • compulsivity noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. 1 compelling. 2 resulting or acting from, or as if from, compulsion (a compulsive gambler). 3 Psychol. resulting or acting from compulsion against one's conscious wishes. 4 irresistible (compulsive entertainment). Derivatives compulsively adv. compulsiveness n. Etymology: med.L compulsivus (as compel) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. психол. человек, испытывающий непреодолимое влечение к чему-д; большой, страдающий навязчивыми состояниями 2. обязательный (для всех) 3. принудительный, связанный с принуждением 4. психол. непреодолимый; навязчивый; маниакальный compulsive urge —- непреодолимое влечение compulsive idea —- навязчивая мысль; маниакальная идея 5. психол. страдающий навязчивой идеей, непреодолимым влечением compulsive smoker —- заядлый курильщик compulsive talker —- человек, безостановочно говорящий compulsive eater —- человек, который вечно что-то жует ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
adj. 1) принудительный 2) способный заставить she is a compulsive smoker - она заядлый курильщик ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ adj 1 compulsive behaviour is very difficult to stop or control, and is often a result of or a sign of a mental problem (Compulsive spending is often a symptom of deep unhappiness.) 2 a compulsive liar/gambler/drinker etc someone who has such a strong desire to lie etc that they are unable to control it 3 a book, programme etc that is compulsive is so interesting that you cannot stop reading or watching it (compulsive reading/viewing (=very interesting to read or watch)) (`Gardening World' - compulsive viewing for gardeners.) - compulsively adv - compulsiveness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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