fixate
Stare without blinking
To fixate is to focus intensely on something, often to an unhealthy degree: He fixated on her every word, She's fixated on the idea that someone is following her.
The word implies obsessive attention that crowds out other concerns.
In its technical sense, to fixate is to direct one's gaze at a single point, keeping the eyes still.
Dwell on compulsively
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
- monomaniacalFixated on one idea
consumed · fanatical · haunted · possessed · tormented · besotted · hooked · addicted
Reduced, potent form
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- obsessDwell on compulsively
- dwellInhabit a place
- honeMake keener or better
lock-on · narrow · single-minded · preoccupy · engross · absorb · immerse · rivet
Prolonged fixed gaze
- gazeFixed, intent look
- watchPortable timekeeping device
- ogleStare lustfully at
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
eye · eyeball · gawk · glare · leer · unblinking · unwavering · intense
Protected from harm
- fastenFix securely in position
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- pinPointed metal fastener
- mountClimb up or steed
stabilize · immobilize · set · position · lock · clamp · brace · hold
Of unconscious-mind theory
- psychoanalyticOf unconscious-focused therapy
- oralOf the mouth
- analExcessively fastidious
- phallicRelating to male organs
arrested · regression · stages · psychological · infantile · unresolved · childhood · trauma
obsess
Dwell on compulsively
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
monomaniacal · consumed · fanatical · haunted · possessed · tormented · besotted · hooked · addicted · entrenched
concentrate
Reduced, potent form
hone · lock-on · narrow · single-minded · preoccupy · engross · absorb · immerse · rivet · captivate
stare
Prolonged fixed gaze
scrutinize · eye · eyeball · gawk · glare · leer · unblinking · unwavering · intense · penetrating
secure
Protected from harm
mount · stabilize · immobilize · set · position · lock · clamp · brace · hold · rigid
Freudian
Of unconscious-mind theory
- psychoanalyticOf unconscious-focused therapy
- oralOf the mouth
- analExcessively fastidious
phallic · arrested · regression · stages · psychological · infantile · unresolved · childhood · trauma · neurosis
- overthinkingoverthink, ruminate, obsess, brood, dwell
- focusfocus, concentration, attention, focal point, concentrate
- wantingwant, desire, crave, yearn, long
- surgical proceduresincise, excise, suture, resect, dissect
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
- perceptionsee, vision, seeing, senses, observing
- oral fixationPsychological attachment to mouth activities
- mother fixation
- nitrogen fixationConverting inert gas to ammonia