Blest

/blɛst/

Synonyms for "blest" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Verb(3 words)
blessconfer blessingconsecrate
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (5)

Related words (8)

Verb(8 words)
induedinvoke blessingluckypronounce benedictionprosperoussacredsanctifiedsanctify

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

8 entries
ceremonial phraseconfer blessinggood fortuneliturgical expressionmoral attributepositive attributepositive statetransitive verb

More specific

11 entries
anointconsecrateconsecratedfortunate personhallowinvoke blessinglucky personpronounce benedictionsacredsanctifyutter blessing

Collocations

12 entries
be blestblest are the meekblest be thy nameblest by Godblest dayblest fortuneblest hourblest lifeblest memoryblest relicblest with peaceland is blest

Inflections

5 entries
blessedblessesblessingmore blestmost blest

Derivations

6 entries

similar

3 entries

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If you should happen, by any unlikely chance, to know a man more blest in a laugh than Scrooge's nephew, all I can say is, I should like to know him too. Introduce him to me, and I'll cultivate his acquaintance.

Source: tatoeba (3712813)

Then AEneas' limbs with fear / were loosened, and he groaned and stretched his hands in prayer. / "Thrice, four times blest, who, in their fathers' face / fell by the walls of Ilion far away!"

Source: tatoeba (6779634)

O native land! O Ilion, now betrayed! / Blest home of deities, in war renowned! / Four times beside the very gate 'twas stayed; / four times within the womb the armour clashed and brayed.

Source: tatoeba (6814601)

Then to Anchises, as he bids us spread / the sails, with reverence speaks Apollo's seer, / "Far-famed Anchises, honoured with the bed / of haughty Venus, Heaven's peculiar care, / Twice saved from Troy! behold Ausonia there, / steer towards her coasts, yet skirt them; far away / that region lies, which Phoebus doth prepare. / Blest in thy son's devotion, take thy way. / Why should more words of mine the rising South delay?"

Source: tatoeba (7151869)

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