stalkerish
Disturbingly fixated behavior
Stalkerish describes behavior that resembles or suggests stalking—obsessive attention, unwanted pursuit, or creepy monitoring of someone.
The word is informal and often used to acknowledge one's own potentially intrusive curiosity: I know it's stalkerish, but I looked through all her Instagram photos from 2015.
It can also describe genuinely unsettling conduct: He kept showing up at her gym, which felt stalkerish.
Intrusively inquisitive
- noseyIntrusively curious
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
- invasiveEncroaching without welcome
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
surveilling · monitoring · tracking · following · watching · trespassing · overstepping · boundary-crossing
Obsessively attached or focused
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
- obsessedGripped by fixation
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
possessive · jealous · clingy · smothering · controlling · fanatical · monomaniacal · consumed
Causing unease or discomfort
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- unnervingCausing loss of composure
- chillingCausing fear or cold
sinister · off-putting · alarming · disconcerting · disquieting · scary · frightening · weird
Persistent unwanted attention
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- pursuingSeeking to attain
- unwantedNot wished for
persistent · relentless · aggressive · intimidating · pressuring · coercive · bullying · tormenting
prying
Intrusively inquisitive
eavesdropping · surveilling · monitoring · tracking · following · watching · trespassing · overstepping · boundary-crossing · unwelcome
fixated
Obsessively attached or focused
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
- obsessedGripped by fixation
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
preoccupied · possessive · jealous · clingy · smothering · controlling · fanatical · monomaniacal · consumed · single-minded
unsettling
Causing unease or discomfort
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- unnervingCausing loss of composure
chilling · sinister · off-putting · alarming · disconcerting · disquieting · scary · frightening · weird · strange
pestering
Persistent unwanted attention
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- pursuingSeeking to attain
unwanted · persistent · relentless · aggressive · intimidating · pressuring · coercive · bullying · tormenting · targeting
stalkerishrespectful
Showing proper regard
considerate · hands-off · unobtrusive · unintrusive · non-invasive
stalkerishappropriate
Suited to circumstance
normal · non-threatening · harmless · wholesome · well-adjusted
stalkerishindifferent
Lacking interest or concern
disinterested · aloof · detached · casual · nonchalant
stalk, stalker, stalking, stalked, stalkers, stalkless, unstalked, stalking horse