He's possessed by a strange idea.
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Possessed
//pəˈzɛst//
Synonyms for "possessed" (141 found)
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Strong matches (42)
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1 entriesderived
8 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐνθουσιώδης adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Arabic
2 entries- مجنون adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- مَلْبُوس adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обладан adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Catalan
3 entries- endiablat adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- endimoniat adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- esperitat adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Dutch
1 entries- bezeten adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Finnish
1 entries- riivattu adj (controlled by evil spirits)
French
3 entries- diabolique adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- démoniaque adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- possédé adj (controlled by evil spirits)
German
1 entries- besessen adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Hindi
4 entries- आविष्ट adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- ग्रस्त adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- बाधित adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- भूत चढ़ा होना adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Italian
1 entries- indemoniato adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- besiess adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مجنون adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- besäten adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Polish
2 entries- opętany adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- posiadający adj (owning something)
Portuguese
4 entries- endemoniado adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- endemoninhado adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- endiabrado adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- possesso adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Russian
1 entries- одержимый adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Spanish
4 entries- endemoniado adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- endiablado adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- poseso adj (controlled by evil spirits)
- poseído adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Swedish
1 entries- besatt adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Tagalog
1 entries- sinaniban adj (controlled by evil spirits)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
My wife is possessed with the desire to buy a house.
Source: tatoeba (244135)
My uncle is possessed of great wealth.
Source: tatoeba (250264)
He is possessed of intelligence.
Source: tatoeba (284879)
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