Definition of compulsive in English:

compulsive

adjective kəmˈpʌlsɪvkəmˈpəlsɪv

1Resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge.
compulsive eating
强迫性进食。
Example sentencesExamples
- As you learn to modify your compulsive behaviour, your anxiety levels should lessen.
- A child's ability to play is limited by these compulsive behaviors.
- Some individuals with bulimia struggle with addictions, including abuse of drugs and alcohol, and compulsive stealing.
- If not detected and treated early, compulsive gambling might lead to estrangement from family and friends as well as financial and legal difficulties.
- Difficult to define exactly, it has become popular to think of almost any behavior that has a compulsive quality as an ‘addiction.’
- I also struggle with compulsive behaviours from time to time.
- Marijuana is addictive because it causes compulsive, uncontrollable drug craving, seeking and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences.
- As treatment progresses, most patients gradually experience less anxiety from the obsessive thoughts and are able to resist the compulsive urges.
- What is distinctive about such compulsive behaviour, I would argue, is that the desires and emotions in question are more or less radically independent of the evaluational systems of these agents.
- The child may develop school phobias, compulsive eating or psychosomatic illnesses.
- Many had kept secret their compulsive eating binges or their ‘purging’ behaviors for years.
- For example, multiple addictions have been found among more than half of adolescents who have a compulsive behaviour problem.
- It is characterized by behaviors that include one or more of the following: impaired control over drug use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and craving.
- Well, compulsive behaviour has been, for decades now, easier to treat psychologically than obsessions.
- By all indications the episodic behavior could become more compulsive and frequent.
- But motivation coming from a negative source relentlessly generates anxiety and stress, creating compulsive perfectionism.
- Surveillance - a new and ominous term - became compulsive and almost second nature, even when its use was self-defeating.
- Most people with OCD struggle to banish their unwanted thoughts and compulsive behaviors.
- Those addicted to drugs suffer from a compulsive drug craving and usage and cannot quit by themselves.
- Most people with OCD struggle to banish their unwanted, obsessive thoughts and to prevent themselves from engaging in compulsive behaviors.
Synonyms
irresistible, uncontrollable, compelling, driving, overwhelming, overpowering, urgent, besetting
obsessive, neurotic
obsessive, obsessional, addictive, uncontrollable, out of control, ungovernable
1. 1.1 (of a person) acting as a result of an irresistible urge.
  （人）凭强迫性冲动行事的；不由自主的
  a compulsive liar
  说谎成癖者。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I have no tolerance for compulsive gamblers, this stemming from a personal experience with one.
  Sure enough, he was a liar and a compulsive gambler.
  He became a compulsive traveller, spending a year on the Ivory Coast in 1931 and making many photographs.
  I am a compulsive consumer of gossip magazines and freely admit to an unhealthy fascination with celebrity.
  But some people fear they could be the breeding ground for the compulsive gamblers of the future.
  She became a compulsive reader of plant and seed catalogues, and even spent a month in China collecting seeds and hunting for plants.
  A compulsive overeater (binge-eater) is an individual who compulsively eats but does not purge and usually becomes overweight.
  My husband is a compulsive hoarder and shopaholic, filling every inch of our six-bedroom house.
  Her job at an auctioneer's - one where rich girls fill in time before getting hitched - doesn't pay enough, especially as she is a compulsive consumer.
  You know I can be a very compulsive person, and I have to admit that most of the time I read in the same way that I smoke and chew gum and jiggle my leg a lot.
  The compulsive overeater eats whenever and whatever she likes.
  This is a comic take on the nature of luck and the power of faith from the perspective of a cancer patient and her compulsive gambler husband.
  Black said she has neglected her house and garden, and her children and pets - members are compulsive readers.
  But I think, you know, the combination of a wild stock market with Internet accessibility has turned a lot of people into compulsive gamblers.
  The near limitless play potential makes this game a godsend for obsessive, compulsive fans of this style of play, and the ocean deep gameplay ensures that there is always something new to do.
  However, you may be up against something that you (and other compulsive overeaters) cannot deal with alone.
  For many years he was a compulsive gambler, and a very unsuccessful one at that, and while there is no evidence that his life was overly blighted by the addiction, he did run up fairly substantial debts to several bookmakers in Glasgow.
  As a compulsive user of news.bbc.co.uk, I think that that competition is precisely the point.
  At first Swiss police thought the Frenchman, who crossed the border each day to work in restaurants, was a passionate art lover who became a compulsive thief to realise his dream of owning a private art collection.
  If she is the sort of compulsive person driven to fix typos and check that the listed URLs are working, this site will keep her busy forever.
  Synonyms
  inveterate, chronic, incorrigible, incurable, irredeemable, hardened, hopeless, persistent
  obsessive, obsessional, addicted, habitual, dependent
  informal pathological, hooked
2Irresistibly interesting or exciting; compelling.
引人入胜的；令人欲罢不能的
this play is compulsive viewing
这部戏看起来令人欲罢不能。
Example sentencesExamples
- Aside from their technical prowess, the performance was made compulsive viewing by the showmanship of the boys.
- The nail-biting wait for that waft of smoke has become compulsive viewing.
- Her snappy asides, unconstrained mix of observational humour and rants on life's irritations make for lucid, compulsive viewing.
- Since I'm trying to deny the horrifying truth that I began to find the series quite compulsive viewing as it neared its conclusion, I shall now heap scorn upon this piece of advertising.
- The opening section of the programme, in which the tiresome threesome rummage through the day's news stories, has fast become compulsive viewing, for all the wrong reasons.
- Rarely have the compositional anxieties of the Scherzo sounded more robust and urgent, or its litany of compulsive surges so compelling.
- It became compulsive viewing on a Sunday evening, resulting in clergymen changing the times of Sunday evening church services.
- The Republic recovered the pride and drive that fuelled their brave World Cup challenge on a night when Hampden Park rocked to the compulsive beat of a compelling performance.
- Ice hockey, downhill skiing, ski jumping and even the speed skating make for compulsive viewing.
- And while the group's in-house manoeuvring for position made compulsive viewing in itself, the audience had the final say on who went and who stayed.
- The guitarist has a thousand yard stare that gives the complete impression of disconnection - it's a compulsive and exciting experience.
- Over the past two Sundays, Williams's disturbing 10-month-long expose of Britain's hooligan underworld has made compulsive viewing on BBC2.
- This was compulsive viewing, but only because it was incredibly badly made.
- It is an average party album and could happily sit alongside something like Terrorvision, but it fails to provide any compulsive listening or interesting music.
- Foregone conclusions don't make for compulsive viewing.
- If the national press are anything to go by this is a play that makes for compulsive viewing.
- This feature has just been added to my stats service, which makes it now not just interesting but compulsive viewing.
- Third, technology has a compelling, even compulsive, logic of its own.
- I know how hard our staff work and play and it'll make more compulsive viewing than a bunch of wannabe pop stars.
- War and disasters are indeed fascinating, they make compulsive viewing, especially if you're not in the firing line.
Synonyms
fascinating, compelling, gripping, riveting, engrossing, totally absorbing, enthralling, captivating, spellbinding, mesmerizing, mesmeric, entrancing
informal unputdownable

Derivatives

compulsiveness

noun

It is the nature of compulsiveness to go until you can't go anymore.
Example sentencesExamples
- His long-term personality pattern shows features of compulsiveness and marked investment in self-regulation.
- Just like her husband, she demonstrated anxiety toward and was uncomfortable with public life and her orientation toward political life was marked by compulsiveness, a lack of flexibility, and the need to control her environment.
- Low-involvement parents had higher levels of psychological distress across the domains of somatization, obsessive compulsiveness, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, and anxiety.
- They may display nighttime fears, anger, irritability, lower tolerance for stress, nervousness, compulsiveness, helplessness, and/or powerlessness.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense 'compulsory'): from medieval Latin compulsivus, from compuls- 'driven, forced', from the verb compellere (see compel). sense 1 (originally a term in psychology) dates from the early 20th century.

Rhymes

convulsive, impulsive, propulsive, repulsive

Definition of compulsive in US English:

compulsive

adjectivekəmˈpəlsivkəmˈpəlsɪv

1Resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge, especially one that is against one's conscious wishes.
强迫所引起的；与强迫性冲动有关的
compulsive eating
强迫性进食。
Example sentencesExamples
- A child's ability to play is limited by these compulsive behaviors.
- Some individuals with bulimia struggle with addictions, including abuse of drugs and alcohol, and compulsive stealing.
- It is characterized by behaviors that include one or more of the following: impaired control over drug use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and craving.
- Many had kept secret their compulsive eating binges or their ‘purging’ behaviors for years.
- I also struggle with compulsive behaviours from time to time.
- For example, multiple addictions have been found among more than half of adolescents who have a compulsive behaviour problem.
- Most people with OCD struggle to banish their unwanted thoughts and compulsive behaviors.
- Most people with OCD struggle to banish their unwanted, obsessive thoughts and to prevent themselves from engaging in compulsive behaviors.
- As treatment progresses, most patients gradually experience less anxiety from the obsessive thoughts and are able to resist the compulsive urges.
- The child may develop school phobias, compulsive eating or psychosomatic illnesses.
- What is distinctive about such compulsive behaviour, I would argue, is that the desires and emotions in question are more or less radically independent of the evaluational systems of these agents.
- Marijuana is addictive because it causes compulsive, uncontrollable drug craving, seeking and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences.
- Surveillance - a new and ominous term - became compulsive and almost second nature, even when its use was self-defeating.
- If not detected and treated early, compulsive gambling might lead to estrangement from family and friends as well as financial and legal difficulties.
- As you learn to modify your compulsive behaviour, your anxiety levels should lessen.
- Those addicted to drugs suffer from a compulsive drug craving and usage and cannot quit by themselves.
- Difficult to define exactly, it has become popular to think of almost any behavior that has a compulsive quality as an ‘addiction.’
- By all indications the episodic behavior could become more compulsive and frequent.
- But motivation coming from a negative source relentlessly generates anxiety and stress, creating compulsive perfectionism.
- Well, compulsive behaviour has been, for decades now, easier to treat psychologically than obsessions.
Synonyms
irresistible, uncontrollable, compelling, driving, overwhelming, overpowering, urgent, besetting
obsessive, obsessional, addictive, uncontrollable, out of control, ungovernable
1. 1.1 (of a person) acting as a result of an irresistible urge.
  （人）凭强迫性冲动行事的；不由自主的
  a compulsive liar
  说谎成癖者。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If she is the sort of compulsive person driven to fix typos and check that the listed URLs are working, this site will keep her busy forever.
  The compulsive overeater eats whenever and whatever she likes.
  Her job at an auctioneer's - one where rich girls fill in time before getting hitched - doesn't pay enough, especially as she is a compulsive consumer.
  However, you may be up against something that you (and other compulsive overeaters) cannot deal with alone.
  The near limitless play potential makes this game a godsend for obsessive, compulsive fans of this style of play, and the ocean deep gameplay ensures that there is always something new to do.
  As a compulsive user of news.bbc.co.uk, I think that that competition is precisely the point.
  I have no tolerance for compulsive gamblers, this stemming from a personal experience with one.
  But some people fear they could be the breeding ground for the compulsive gamblers of the future.
  My husband is a compulsive hoarder and shopaholic, filling every inch of our six-bedroom house.
  For many years he was a compulsive gambler, and a very unsuccessful one at that, and while there is no evidence that his life was overly blighted by the addiction, he did run up fairly substantial debts to several bookmakers in Glasgow.
  He became a compulsive traveller, spending a year on the Ivory Coast in 1931 and making many photographs.
  I am a compulsive consumer of gossip magazines and freely admit to an unhealthy fascination with celebrity.
  Black said she has neglected her house and garden, and her children and pets - members are compulsive readers.
  A compulsive overeater (binge-eater) is an individual who compulsively eats but does not purge and usually becomes overweight.
  You know I can be a very compulsive person, and I have to admit that most of the time I read in the same way that I smoke and chew gum and jiggle my leg a lot.
  At first Swiss police thought the Frenchman, who crossed the border each day to work in restaurants, was a passionate art lover who became a compulsive thief to realise his dream of owning a private art collection.
  This is a comic take on the nature of luck and the power of faith from the perspective of a cancer patient and her compulsive gambler husband.
  But I think, you know, the combination of a wild stock market with Internet accessibility has turned a lot of people into compulsive gamblers.
  She became a compulsive reader of plant and seed catalogues, and even spent a month in China collecting seeds and hunting for plants.
  Sure enough, he was a liar and a compulsive gambler.
  Synonyms
  inveterate, chronic, incorrigible, incurable, irredeemable, hardened, hopeless, persistent
2Irresistibly interesting or exciting; compelling.
引人入胜的；令人欲罢不能的
this play is compulsive viewing
这部戏看起来令人欲罢不能。
Example sentencesExamples
- War and disasters are indeed fascinating, they make compulsive viewing, especially if you're not in the firing line.
- The nail-biting wait for that waft of smoke has become compulsive viewing.
- Since I'm trying to deny the horrifying truth that I began to find the series quite compulsive viewing as it neared its conclusion, I shall now heap scorn upon this piece of advertising.
- Third, technology has a compelling, even compulsive, logic of its own.
- I know how hard our staff work and play and it'll make more compulsive viewing than a bunch of wannabe pop stars.
- If the national press are anything to go by this is a play that makes for compulsive viewing.
- And while the group's in-house manoeuvring for position made compulsive viewing in itself, the audience had the final say on who went and who stayed.
- The guitarist has a thousand yard stare that gives the complete impression of disconnection - it's a compulsive and exciting experience.
- It is an average party album and could happily sit alongside something like Terrorvision, but it fails to provide any compulsive listening or interesting music.
- Rarely have the compositional anxieties of the Scherzo sounded more robust and urgent, or its litany of compulsive surges so compelling.
- Her snappy asides, unconstrained mix of observational humour and rants on life's irritations make for lucid, compulsive viewing.
- Aside from their technical prowess, the performance was made compulsive viewing by the showmanship of the boys.
- The opening section of the programme, in which the tiresome threesome rummage through the day's news stories, has fast become compulsive viewing, for all the wrong reasons.
- This feature has just been added to my stats service, which makes it now not just interesting but compulsive viewing.
- The Republic recovered the pride and drive that fuelled their brave World Cup challenge on a night when Hampden Park rocked to the compulsive beat of a compelling performance.
- It became compulsive viewing on a Sunday evening, resulting in clergymen changing the times of Sunday evening church services.
- Over the past two Sundays, Williams's disturbing 10-month-long expose of Britain's hooligan underworld has made compulsive viewing on BBC2.
- This was compulsive viewing, but only because it was incredibly badly made.
- Foregone conclusions don't make for compulsive viewing.
- Ice hockey, downhill skiing, ski jumping and even the speed skating make for compulsive viewing.
Synonyms
fascinating, compelling, gripping, riveting, engrossing, totally absorbing, enthralling, captivating, spellbinding, mesmerizing, mesmeric, entrancing

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense ‘compulsory’): from medieval Latin compulsivus, from compuls- ‘driven, forced’, from the verb compellere (see compel). compulsive (sense 1) (originally a term in psychology) dates from the early 20th century.

词汇	compulsive
释义	Definition of compulsive in English: compulsive adjective kəmˈpʌlsɪvkəmˈpəlsɪv 1Resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge. compulsive eating 强迫性进食。 Example sentencesExamples As you learn to modify your compulsive behaviour, your anxiety levels should lessen. A child's ability to play is limited by these compulsive behaviors. Some individuals with bulimia struggle with addictions, including abuse of drugs and alcohol, and compulsive stealing. If not detected and treated early, compulsive gambling might lead to estrangement from family and friends as well as financial and legal difficulties. Difficult to define exactly, it has become popular to think of almost any behavior that has a compulsive quality as an ‘addiction.’ I also struggle with compulsive behaviours from time to time. Marijuana is addictive because it causes compulsive, uncontrollable drug craving, seeking and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences. As treatment progresses, most patients gradually experience less anxiety from the obsessive thoughts and are able to resist the compulsive urges. What is distinctive about such compulsive behaviour, I would argue, is that the desires and emotions in question are more or less radically independent of the evaluational systems of these agents. The child may develop school phobias, compulsive eating or psychosomatic illnesses. Many had kept secret their compulsive eating binges or their ‘purging’ behaviors for years. For example, multiple addictions have been found among more than half of adolescents who have a compulsive behaviour problem. It is characterized by behaviors that include one or more of the following: impaired control over drug use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and craving. Well, compulsive behaviour has been, for decades now, easier to treat psychologically than obsessions. By all indications the episodic behavior could become more compulsive and frequent. But motivation coming from a negative source relentlessly generates anxiety and stress, creating compulsive perfectionism. Surveillance - a new and ominous term - became compulsive and almost second nature, even when its use was self-defeating. Most people with OCD struggle to banish their unwanted thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Those addicted to drugs suffer from a compulsive drug craving and usage and cannot quit by themselves. Most people with OCD struggle to banish their unwanted, obsessive thoughts and to prevent themselves from engaging in compulsive behaviors. Synonyms irresistible, uncontrollable, compelling, driving, overwhelming, overpowering, urgent, besetting obsessive, neurotic obsessive, obsessional, addictive, uncontrollable, out of control, ungovernable 1.1 (of a person) acting as a result of an irresistible urge. （人）凭强迫性冲动行事的；不由自主的 a compulsive liar 说谎成癖者。 Example sentencesExamples I have no tolerance for compulsive gamblers, this stemming from a personal experience with one. Sure enough, he was a liar and a compulsive gambler. He became a compulsive traveller, spending a year on the Ivory Coast in 1931 and making many photographs. I am a compulsive consumer of gossip magazines and freely admit to an unhealthy fascination with celebrity. But some people fear they could be the breeding ground for the compulsive gamblers of the future. She became a compulsive reader of plant and seed catalogues, and even spent a month in China collecting seeds and hunting for plants. A compulsive overeater (binge-eater) is an individual who compulsively eats but does not purge and usually becomes overweight. My husband is a compulsive hoarder and shopaholic, filling every inch of our six-bedroom house. Her job at an auctioneer's - one where rich girls fill in time before getting hitched - doesn't pay enough, especially as she is a compulsive consumer. You know I can be a very compulsive person, and I have to admit that most of the time I read in the same way that I smoke and chew gum and jiggle my leg a lot. The compulsive overeater eats whenever and whatever she likes. This is a comic take on the nature of luck and the power of faith from the perspective of a cancer patient and her compulsive gambler husband. Black said she has neglected her house and garden, and her children and pets - members are compulsive readers. But I think, you know, the combination of a wild stock market with Internet accessibility has turned a lot of people into compulsive gamblers. The near limitless play potential makes this game a godsend for obsessive, compulsive fans of this style of play, and the ocean deep gameplay ensures that there is always something new to do. However, you may be up against something that you (and other compulsive overeaters) cannot deal with alone. For many years he was a compulsive gambler, and a very unsuccessful one at that, and while there is no evidence that his life was overly blighted by the addiction, he did run up fairly substantial debts to several bookmakers in Glasgow. As a compulsive user of news.bbc.co.uk, I think that that competition is precisely the point. At first Swiss police thought the Frenchman, who crossed the border each day to work in restaurants, was a passionate art lover who became a compulsive thief to realise his dream of owning a private art collection. If she is the sort of compulsive person driven to fix typos and check that the listed URLs are working, this site will keep her busy forever. Synonyms inveterate, chronic, incorrigible, incurable, irredeemable, hardened, hopeless, persistent obsessive, obsessional, addicted, habitual, dependent informal pathological, hooked 2Irresistibly interesting or exciting; compelling. 引人入胜的；令人欲罢不能的 this play is compulsive viewing 这部戏看起来令人欲罢不能。 Example sentencesExamples Aside from their technical prowess, the performance was made compulsive viewing by the showmanship of the boys. The nail-biting wait for that waft of smoke has become compulsive viewing. Her snappy asides, unconstrained mix of observational humour and rants on life's irritations make for lucid, compulsive viewing. Since I'm trying to deny the horrifying truth that I began to find the series quite compulsive viewing as it neared its conclusion, I shall now heap scorn upon this piece of advertising. The opening section of the programme, in which the tiresome threesome rummage through the day's news stories, has fast become compulsive viewing, for all the wrong reasons. Rarely have the compositional anxieties of the Scherzo sounded more robust and urgent, or its litany of compulsive surges so compelling. It became compulsive viewing on a Sunday evening, resulting in clergymen changing the times of Sunday evening church services. The Republic recovered the pride and drive that fuelled their brave World Cup challenge on a night when Hampden Park rocked to the compulsive beat of a compelling performance. Ice hockey, downhill skiing, ski jumping and even the speed skating make for compulsive viewing. And while the group's in-house manoeuvring for position made compulsive viewing in itself, the audience had the final say on who went and who stayed. The guitarist has a thousand yard stare that gives the complete impression of disconnection - it's a compulsive and exciting experience. Over the past two Sundays, Williams's disturbing 10-month-long expose of Britain's hooligan underworld has made compulsive viewing on BBC2. This was compulsive viewing, but only because it was incredibly badly made. It is an average party album and could happily sit alongside something like Terrorvision, but it fails to provide any compulsive listening or interesting music. Foregone conclusions don't make for compulsive viewing. If the national press are anything to go by this is a play that makes for compulsive viewing. This feature has just been added to my stats service, which makes it now not just interesting but compulsive viewing. Third, technology has a compelling, even compulsive, logic of its own. I know how hard our staff work and play and it'll make more compulsive viewing than a bunch of wannabe pop stars. War and disasters are indeed fascinating, they make compulsive viewing, especially if you're not in the firing line. Synonyms fascinating, compelling, gripping, riveting, engrossing, totally absorbing, enthralling, captivating, spellbinding, mesmerizing, mesmeric, entrancing informal unputdownable Derivatives compulsiveness noun It is the nature of compulsiveness to go until you can't go anymore. Example sentencesExamples His long-term personality pattern shows features of compulsiveness and marked investment in self-regulation. Just like her husband, she demonstrated anxiety toward and was uncomfortable with public life and her orientation toward political life was marked by compulsiveness, a lack of flexibility, and the need to control her environment. Low-involvement parents had higher levels of psychological distress across the domains of somatization, obsessive compulsiveness, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, and anxiety. They may display nighttime fears, anger, irritability, lower tolerance for stress, nervousness, compulsiveness, helplessness, and/or powerlessness. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'compulsory'): from medieval Latin compulsivus, from compuls- 'driven, forced', from the verb compellere (see compel). sense 1 (originally a term in psychology) dates from the early 20th century. Rhymes convulsive, impulsive, propulsive, repulsive Definition of compulsive in US English: compulsive adjectivekəmˈpəlsivkəmˈpəlsɪv 1Resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge, especially one that is against one's conscious wishes. 强迫所引起的；与强迫性冲动有关的 compulsive eating 强迫性进食。 Example sentencesExamples A child's ability to play is limited by these compulsive behaviors. Some individuals with bulimia struggle with addictions, including abuse of drugs and alcohol, and compulsive stealing. It is characterized by behaviors that include one or more of the following: impaired control over drug use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and craving. Many had kept secret their compulsive eating binges or their ‘purging’ behaviors for years. I also struggle with compulsive behaviours from time to time. For example, multiple addictions have been found among more than half of adolescents who have a compulsive behaviour problem. Most people with OCD struggle to banish their unwanted thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Most people with OCD struggle to banish their unwanted, obsessive thoughts and to prevent themselves from engaging in compulsive behaviors. As treatment progresses, most patients gradually experience less anxiety from the obsessive thoughts and are able to resist the compulsive urges. The child may develop school phobias, compulsive eating or psychosomatic illnesses. What is distinctive about such compulsive behaviour, I would argue, is that the desires and emotions in question are more or less radically independent of the evaluational systems of these agents. Marijuana is addictive because it causes compulsive, uncontrollable drug craving, seeking and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences. Surveillance - a new and ominous term - became compulsive and almost second nature, even when its use was self-defeating. If not detected and treated early, compulsive gambling might lead to estrangement from family and friends as well as financial and legal difficulties. As you learn to modify your compulsive behaviour, your anxiety levels should lessen. Those addicted to drugs suffer from a compulsive drug craving and usage and cannot quit by themselves. Difficult to define exactly, it has become popular to think of almost any behavior that has a compulsive quality as an ‘addiction.’ By all indications the episodic behavior could become more compulsive and frequent. But motivation coming from a negative source relentlessly generates anxiety and stress, creating compulsive perfectionism. Well, compulsive behaviour has been, for decades now, easier to treat psychologically than obsessions. Synonyms irresistible, uncontrollable, compelling, driving, overwhelming, overpowering, urgent, besetting obsessive, obsessional, addictive, uncontrollable, out of control, ungovernable 1.1 (of a person) acting as a result of an irresistible urge. （人）凭强迫性冲动行事的；不由自主的 a compulsive liar 说谎成癖者。 Example sentencesExamples If she is the sort of compulsive person driven to fix typos and check that the listed URLs are working, this site will keep her busy forever. The compulsive overeater eats whenever and whatever she likes. Her job at an auctioneer's - one where rich girls fill in time before getting hitched - doesn't pay enough, especially as she is a compulsive consumer. However, you may be up against something that you (and other compulsive overeaters) cannot deal with alone. The near limitless play potential makes this game a godsend for obsessive, compulsive fans of this style of play, and the ocean deep gameplay ensures that there is always something new to do. As a compulsive user of news.bbc.co.uk, I think that that competition is precisely the point. I have no tolerance for compulsive gamblers, this stemming from a personal experience with one. But some people fear they could be the breeding ground for the compulsive gamblers of the future. My husband is a compulsive hoarder and shopaholic, filling every inch of our six-bedroom house. For many years he was a compulsive gambler, and a very unsuccessful one at that, and while there is no evidence that his life was overly blighted by the addiction, he did run up fairly substantial debts to several bookmakers in Glasgow. He became a compulsive traveller, spending a year on the Ivory Coast in 1931 and making many photographs. I am a compulsive consumer of gossip magazines and freely admit to an unhealthy fascination with celebrity. Black said she has neglected her house and garden, and her children and pets - members are compulsive readers. A compulsive overeater (binge-eater) is an individual who compulsively eats but does not purge and usually becomes overweight. You know I can be a very compulsive person, and I have to admit that most of the time I read in the same way that I smoke and chew gum and jiggle my leg a lot. At first Swiss police thought the Frenchman, who crossed the border each day to work in restaurants, was a passionate art lover who became a compulsive thief to realise his dream of owning a private art collection. This is a comic take on the nature of luck and the power of faith from the perspective of a cancer patient and her compulsive gambler husband. But I think, you know, the combination of a wild stock market with Internet accessibility has turned a lot of people into compulsive gamblers. She became a compulsive reader of plant and seed catalogues, and even spent a month in China collecting seeds and hunting for plants. Sure enough, he was a liar and a compulsive gambler. Synonyms inveterate, chronic, incorrigible, incurable, irredeemable, hardened, hopeless, persistent 2Irresistibly interesting or exciting; compelling. 引人入胜的；令人欲罢不能的 this play is compulsive viewing 这部戏看起来令人欲罢不能。 Example sentencesExamples War and disasters are indeed fascinating, they make compulsive viewing, especially if you're not in the firing line. The nail-biting wait for that waft of smoke has become compulsive viewing. Since I'm trying to deny the horrifying truth that I began to find the series quite compulsive viewing as it neared its conclusion, I shall now heap scorn upon this piece of advertising. Third, technology has a compelling, even compulsive, logic of its own. I know how hard our staff work and play and it'll make more compulsive viewing than a bunch of wannabe pop stars. If the national press are anything to go by this is a play that makes for compulsive viewing. And while the group's in-house manoeuvring for position made compulsive viewing in itself, the audience had the final say on who went and who stayed. The guitarist has a thousand yard stare that gives the complete impression of disconnection - it's a compulsive and exciting experience. It is an average party album and could happily sit alongside something like Terrorvision, but it fails to provide any compulsive listening or interesting music. Rarely have the compositional anxieties of the Scherzo sounded more robust and urgent, or its litany of compulsive surges so compelling. Her snappy asides, unconstrained mix of observational humour and rants on life's irritations make for lucid, compulsive viewing. Aside from their technical prowess, the performance was made compulsive viewing by the showmanship of the boys. The opening section of the programme, in which the tiresome threesome rummage through the day's news stories, has fast become compulsive viewing, for all the wrong reasons. This feature has just been added to my stats service, which makes it now not just interesting but compulsive viewing. The Republic recovered the pride and drive that fuelled their brave World Cup challenge on a night when Hampden Park rocked to the compulsive beat of a compelling performance. It became compulsive viewing on a Sunday evening, resulting in clergymen changing the times of Sunday evening church services. Over the past two Sundays, Williams's disturbing 10-month-long expose of Britain's hooligan underworld has made compulsive viewing on BBC2. This was compulsive viewing, but only because it was incredibly badly made. Foregone conclusions don't make for compulsive viewing. Ice hockey, downhill skiing, ski jumping and even the speed skating make for compulsive viewing. Synonyms fascinating, compelling, gripping, riveting, engrossing, totally absorbing, enthralling, captivating, spellbinding, mesmerizing, mesmeric, entrancing Origin Late 16th century (in the sense ‘compulsory’): from medieval Latin compulsivus, from compuls- ‘driven, forced’, from the verb compellere (see compel). compulsive (sense 1) (originally a term in psychology) dates from the early 20th century.
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