释义 |
possessedpos‧sessed /pəˈzest/ adjective - Her family thought that she was possessed, and called in a priest.
► Occultbanshee, nouncoven, noundemon, noundemonic, adjectivedevil, nounESP, nounevil, adjectiveexorcism, nounexorcist, nounexorcize, verbextra-sensory perception, nounfiend, nounfortune-teller, nounmedium, nounmind reader, nounnecromancy, nounpalmist, nounpalmistry, nounpalm reader, nounparanormal, adjectiveparapsychology, nounpossessed, adjectiveprophecy, nounprophesy, verbpsychic, adjectivepsychic, nounpsychokinesis, nounseance, nounsoothsayer, nounspirit, nounSvengali, nountarot, nountelepathic, adjectivetelepathy, nounwitch, nounwizard, noun ► possessed by the devil She was convinced he was possessed by the devil. ► like a man/woman possessed literary (=with a lot of energy or violence) ► be possessed of something- He felt possessed of great strength and fearlessness.
- Finally, the citizen must, if true to his quality, be possessed of some civic virtue.
- For Pan-dora, like all women, was possessed of a lively curiosity.
- Let us assume that the entire being is possessed of 1, 000 arbitrary units of life force.
- Sarah Stitt is possessed of the same huge eyes that she likes to paint in her huge-eyed portraits.
- She was possessed of a wryness toward things around her that was endearing.
- The President is possessed of a philosophical agenda based on a lifetime of experience and thought.
- To my contemporaries then at this time, a helmet was possessed of immense symbolic importance.
- Unlike Tyron, Mr Nagasyu was possessed of a degree of style and sophistication.
1if someone is possessed, their mind is controlled by something evil: She was convinced he was possessed by the devil.like a man/woman possessed literary (=with a lot of energy or violence)2be possessed of something literary to have a particular quality, ability etc: She was possessed of a fine and original mind. → self-possessed |