Synonyms for possessed
pəˈzɛstpos·sessed

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1. obsessed, possessed(p)adjective

   influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion

   "by love possessed"

   Antonyms:
   uncontrolled, sane

2. amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)adjective

   frenzied as if possessed by a demon

   "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"

   Antonyms:
   uncontrolled, sane

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1. List of paraphrases for "possessed":

   owned, possesses, owns, possession, possess, had

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1. Sara Teasdale:

   No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed.

2. The Talmud:

   If you wish to know how much preferable wisdom is to gold, then observe: if you change gold you get silver for it, but your gold is gone; but if you exchange one sort of wisdom for another, you obtain fresh knowledge, and at the same time keep what you possessed before.

3. Ulysses S. Grant:

   The effects of the late civil strife have been to free the slave and make him a citizen. Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it. This is wrong, and should be corrected.

4. lot chakonza:

   I've seen a disciplined man who possessed nought, and I've seen a wealthy man who is devoid of understanding.

5. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb:

   They are two young individuals of Egyptian origin who were preparing an attack, they possessed instructions on how to build ricin-based poisons.