🙄possessive (pɔzɛsiv)

Signification

Showing a desire to own or control; relating to possession.

showing a desire to own or control something; unwilling to share; jealously protective

Traduction de la signification

Montrer un désir de posséder ou de contrôler; relatif à la possession.

Montrer un désir de posséder ou de contrôler; relatif à la possession.

Phrases d'exemple

He became very possessive about his old books.

Il est devenu très possessif à propos de ses vieux livres.

Il est devenu très possessif à propos de ses vieux livres.

He is very possessive about his car.

Elle ne pouvait pas cacher son bonheur lorsqu'elle a reçu le prix.

Elle ne pouvait pas cacher son bonheur lorsqu'elle a reçu le prix.

Expressions d'exemple

possessive nature

nature possessive

nature possessive

Synonymes

controlling, clingy, dominating, overprotective, proprietary, protective, jealous

Entrée 1

controlling, clingy, dominating, overprotective, proprietary

Entrée 2

controlling, protective, jealous, clingy

Antonymes

indifferent, detached, generous, sharing, unselfish

Entrée 1

indifferent, detached, generous

Entrée 2

generous, sharing, unselfish

Collocations

possessive pronoun, possessive nature, overly possessive, possessive behavior

Entrée 1

possessive pronoun, possessive nature, overly possessive

Entrée 2

possessive pronoun, possessive behavior, overly possessive