What does "blessed" mean?
simple past and past participle of bless
Blessed
/ˈblɛsɪd/ adj, name, verb, slang
adj, name, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: simple past and past participle of bless
- Grammar: blessed is listed as adj, name, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: absolute, advantaged, anoint, anointed.
- Useful contrasts: condemned, contemned, cursed.
- Usage evidence: May you be blessed with good health.
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of bless form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."
- 2 An epithet indicating that a person has been beatified.
- 3 A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
- 4 Alternative letter-case form of blessed used when referring to an important figure, such as God, or to an important item or event. alt-of
"This emendation is echoed in Thekla's reunion with Paul outside the city, where she offers the following prayer of thanksgiving: God, King and Blessed Creator of everything, and Father of your great and only begotten Child, I give you thanks."
- 5 Held in veneration; revered.
"‘My blessed Public must have a pretty girl’s face. Romance isn’t romance, adventure is as dull as dishwater...to my Public...unless, every so often, a face to sink a thousand ships, or is it saps? shows up.’"
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- 6 Worthy of worship; holy.
- 7 Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
"I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]"
- 8 damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial) euphemistic, informal
"Not one blessed person offered to help me out."
Adjective
- 1 expletives used informally as intensifiers wordnet
- 2 highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace) wordnet
- 3 characterized by happiness and good fortune wordnet
- 4 enjoying the bliss of heaven wordnet
- 5 Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration wordnet
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- 6 worthy of worship wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
"May you be blessed with good health."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "blessed"?
Common synonyms include: absolute, advantaged, anoint, anointed, anointing, auspicious.
How do you use "blessed" in a sentence?
May you be blessed with good health.
How do you pronounce "blessed"?
Pronounced /ˈblɛsɪd/.