PREPOSSESSED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

prepossessed 1 of 2

adjective

as in engaged

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prepossessed

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verb

past tense of prepossess

as in influenced

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Adjective

Smythson Bride-To-Be Soho Notebook Wedding season may be coming to a close, but this notebook is a perfect gift to help give engaged couples a place to plan out their nuptials for the coming year.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2026
Families speak not only about how their children are more engaged in school, but happier and more hopeful about their future.

— Grant Oliphant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of engaged

Verb

Users will not see ads or sponsored links near their conversations, and the chatbot's answers will not be influenced by third-party product placements, Anthropic had said.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Kusama’s art influenced the histories of minimalism, pop art, and performance art; more recently her large-scale installations single-handedly pioneered what is now referred to as experiential art.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of influenced

Verb

Centrist Democrats are not socialists, not revolutionaries, and not disposed to blame Zionist conspiracies for every trouble in American life, including police brutality and urban gentrification.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
Most fans had taken care of their trash throughout the match, either putting it in the blue bag or already having disposed of it.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of disposed

Adjective

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor are two of the four co-directors of No Other Land, the Oscar-winning documentary that chronicled violent evictions of Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
Israel’s settlement policies in the occupied West Bank have drawn condemnation from the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada in recent days.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of occupied

Verb

For the nostalgically inclined, the film’s domestic success reps a victory for old-fashioned family entertainment with old-fashioned family values.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
Chris Jones and George Karlaftis saw limited time for the Chiefs, so you might be inclined to dismiss those numbers — except that the very solution to the Chiefs generating more pressure is the supporting cast generating more pressure.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of inclined

Adjective

Unabsorbed calcium leaves the body through stool, and absorbed calcium that isn't needed may be filtered by the kidneys and leave in urine—often within about a day.

— Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 11 Mar. 2026
Although the mercury hovered at only 5°, all of us became so absorbed in the rabbit chase that no one noticed numb toes and cold ears.

— Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024

Definition of absorbed

Verb

Deco had previously monitored names such as Victor Osimhen of Galatasaray and Manchester City’s Omar Marmoush, but none of them fully convinced all of the club’s decision-makers.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
These women can become depressed, isolated, paranoid — convinced their thinning hair is all other people see.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of convinced

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