possessed

Speech parts

1. possessed - Adjective

2. possessed - Verb

4. possessed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Possess

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

demoniac demoniacal obsessed have control hold mad enchanted spellbound composed controlled collected driven possession violent
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Antonyms

lost normal angry afraid worried anxious
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Phrases with the word

energy possessed by a body be self-possessed like a woman possessed like one possessed be possessed of possessed by

Examples

The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone. Pythagoras

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage. Plutarch

This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed. Charles Baudelaire

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. Hannah Arendt

A handful of dust, four capitals and shit on all i possessed. Maltese Proverb

The bird who has always possessed a beak, does not pick up for another. Kikuyu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

possess by a demon possess oneself of possessable possessed by possessed of wealth possessedly