思い詰める

おもいつめる
Alternative writings: 思いつめる
Frequency:

1To think deeply about something to the point of worrying or brooding; to torment oneself with anxious or distressing thoughts (same as 思いつめる).

Group 2 VerbTransitive Verb

Examples

彼女は仕事のことで思い詰めて、夜も眠れないという。

She is so worried about work that she says she can't sleep at night.

そんなに思い詰めないで、一度気分転換したらどうですか。

Don't brood over it so much — why not take a break and change your mood?

失敗を思い詰めるあまり、体調を崩してしまった。

She worried so much about the failure that her health suffered.

子供が学校のことで思いつめた顔をしていた。

The child had a worried look on his face about school.

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