Antonyms for dispossessed
ˌdɪs pəˈzɛstdis·pos·sessed

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1. dispossessed, homeless, rooflessadjective

   physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security

   "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern

   Antonyms:
   fortunate

   Synonyms:
   stateless, roofless, homeless

How to use dispossessed in a sentence?

1. Joe Williams:

   Celebrating Australia Day on January 26th is offensive, to celebrate an invasion which has seen our people dispossessed, displaced and oppressed for some 230 years, is plain offensive.

2. Joe Williams:

   To celebrate an invasion which has seen our people dispossessed, displaced and oppressed for some 230 years, is plain offensive.

3. Francis Quarles:

   In the height of thy prosperity expect adversity, but fear it not. If it come not, thou art the more sweetly possessed of the happiness thou hast, and the more strongly confirmed. If it come, thou art the more gently dispossessed of the happiness thou hadst, and the more firmly prepared.

4. Ricardo Sabogal:

   We announce we are entering those municipalities hardest hit by violence, it's a huge challenge in terms of restitution and we will do justice in the heart of areas where people were forced to abandon their lands and were dispossessed of their lands by the FARC.

5. Elizabeth Bowen:

   We have everything to dread from the dispossessed.

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