Definitions for blessedˈblɛs ɪd; esp. for 3,7 blɛst

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

bless•edˈblɛs ɪd; esp. for 3,7 blɛst(adj.)

  1. consecrated; sacred; sanctified.

  2. worthy of adoration, reverence, or worship:

    the Blessed Trinity.

  3. favored; fortunate:

    blessed with common sense.

  4. blissfully happy.

  5. beatified.

    Category: Religion

  6. bringing happiness and thankfulness:

    the blessed assurance of a steady income.

  7. (used as an intensifier):

    every blessed cent.

    Category: Informal

Origin of blessed:

1125–75

bless′ed•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. blessed, blest(adj)

    highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)

    "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income"

  2. Blessed(adj)

    worthy of worship

    "the Blessed Trinity"

  3. blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal(adj)

    expletives used informally as intensifiers

    "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"

  4. beatified, blessed(adj)

    Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration

  5. blessed(adj)

    enjoying the bliss of heaven

  6. blessed(adj)

    characterized by happiness and good fortune

    "a blessed time"

Wiktionary

  1. blessed(Adjective)

    Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

  2. blessed(Adjective)

    In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.

  3. blessed(Adjective)

    Held in veneration; revered.

  4. blessed(Adjective)

    Worthy of worship; holy.

  5. blessed(Adjective)

    An intensifier; damned.

    Not one blessed person offered to help me out.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Blessed(u)

    of Bless

  2. Blessed(adj)

    hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy

  3. Blessed(adj)

    enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored

  4. Blessed(adj)

    imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful

  5. Blessed(adj)

    enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven

  6. Blessed(adj)

    beatified

  7. Blessed(adj)

    used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively


Translations for blessed

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

blessed(adjective)

holy

the Blessed Virgin.

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