Associations to the word «Possessed»

Wiktionary

POSSESSED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of possess
POSSESSED, adjective. Controlled by evil spirits.
POSSESSED, adjective. Seized by powerful emotions.
POSSESSED, adjective. (construed with of) (not comparable) Having; owning.

Dictionary definition

POSSESSED, adjective. Influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; "by love possessed".
POSSESSED, adjective. Frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne