Blessed

//ˈblɛsɪd// adj, name, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

    "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."

  2. 2
    An epithet indicating that a person has been beatified.
  3. 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. 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. 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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  1. 6
    Worthy of worship; holy.
  2. 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, […]"

  3. 8
    damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial) euphemistic, informal

    "Not one blessed person offered to help me out."

Adjective
  1. 1
    expletives used informally as intensifiers wordnet
  2. 2
    highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace) wordnet
  3. 3
    characterized by happiness and good fortune wordnet
  4. 4
    enjoying the bliss of heaven wordnet
  5. 5
    Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration wordnet
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  1. 6
    worthy of worship wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of bless form-of, participle, past

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