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单词 possessed
释义
possessed
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adj

Someone who's possessed is completely controlled by some force. If you've ever seen a crazed sports fan screaming with joy for the winning team, you've seen a person possessed with team spirit.
While possessed is the past tense of the verb possess, to have, it most often describes someone who's obsessed with something. The controlling force can be an emotion, like when your friend is possessed by her infatuation with her favorite pop star. It can also be a supernatural power or demon — possessed describes someone you believe is truly controlled by an evil spirit, or someone who just acts that way.
WORD FAMILY
possessed: possessedly, self-possessed+/dispossess: dispossessed, dispossesses, dispossessing, dispossession/dispossession: dispossessions/possess: dispossess, possessed, possesses, possessing, possession, possessive, possessor, prepossess, repossess/possession: possessions, self-possession/possessive: possessively, possessiveness, possessives/possessor: possessors/prepossess: prepossessed, prepossesses, prepossessing, prepossession/prepossessing: prepossessingly, unprepossessing/prepossession: prepossessions/repossess: repossessed, repossesses, repossessing, repossession/repossession: repossessions/unprepossessing: unprepossessingly
USAGE EXAMPLES
Mr. Trump pointed to the CIA’s incorrect assessment in 2003 that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016)
Supernatural Rick Springfield guest stars a rock star possessed by Lucifer in this repeat.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016)
He’s possessed by something else, his life force onstage.
The New Yorker(Dec 27, 2016)
1adj influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion
by love possessed
Syn
obsessed
controlled
restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
2adj frenzied as if possessed by a demon
Syn
amok, amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal
insane
afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
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