Dictionary

blessed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• blĕsʹĭd
• /blɛst/
• /ˈblɛsɪd/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
   • You're pushing my love / A little bit too far / I don't think you know, I don't think you know how blessed you are / And your friend Annie Mae / Tell you all she see / Have you ever thought she was trying to get close to me? 1971, Bobby Womack, “That's the Way I Feel About Cha”, in Communication:
   • Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:5:
2. A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
3. 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.’ 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 6:
4. Worthy of worship; holy.
5. 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, […] 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
6. (euphemistic, informal) damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)
   • I'm blessed if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.
   • Not one blessed person offered to help me out.

Forms

Antonyms

contemned · cursed · vitalic · live · livesome · scorned · quick · living · animate · surviving · godforsaken · vital · profane · unholy · extant · alive and well · above ground · alive · unhallowed · damned · undeceased · alive and kicking · despised · condemned · still with us · above ground · animated · alive and kicking · lively · damned · kicking

Deriveds

blessedfull · blessed assurance · have a blessed one · blessed thistle · blessed event · unblessed · of blessed memory · blursed · blessedness · blessedly · Island of the Blessed

Synonyms

blessed · hecking · no more · venerated · fucking · inanimate · goshdarn · infernal · kaput · blinking · cold · lifeless · blessed · frigging · infernal · reposing · hallowed · extinct · perished · divine · fricking · goshdarned · fudging · motherfucking · decomposed · gone · cursed · damblasted · flaming · killed · godly · gloriful · flipping · confounded · danged · goldurn · honoured · deuced · sodding · goddamned · eminent · blooming · treasured · glorious · esteemed · departed · goddam · fugging · darned · living impaired · raasclaat · admired · darn · dadgum · bloody · whilom · low · sacred · at rest · departed · priceless · worthy · heavenly · precious · freaking · respected · blasted · clay-cold · holy · blimming · dratted · applauded · illustrious · living · sniggered · 4ucking · deceased · feared · jiggered · saved · consarned · breathless · worshiped · elect · distinguished · fey · effing · celestial · revered · fecking · with God · expired · resting · devoutful · divine · venerated · defunct · hallowed · good · dang · accursed · revered · bleeping · cursed · goddamn · blessed · bally · with God · sacred · six feet deep · pissing · goddarned · late · dagnabbed · cowson · cadaverous · unalived · ruddy · holy · dadburn · damned · plain · no longer with us · asleep · sanctimonious · well-regarded · six feet under · godforsaken · damnable · sacred · wasted · gormed · mollyfogging · stinking · furshlugginer · cotton-picking · worshipped · damn · reputable · holy · valued · unalive · ever-loving · stiff · dashed · bleeding · inert · blessed · blessed · doggone

Translations (84)

uga 𐎀𐎎𐎗𐎗 (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · he מְבֹרַךְ (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ms dirahmati (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · pt beato (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · gl bendicido (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ru свяще́нный (worthy of worship; holy) · nl gezegend (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · sv salig (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · pt bem-aventurado (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · bg благословен (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · tr mübarek (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · de gesegnet (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · gd naomh (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · grc μακάριος (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · pdt seelich (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · pt abençoado (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · eo beata (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · bg свещен (worthy of worship; holy) · arc ܡܒܪܟ (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · arc ܒܪܝܟ (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ru благослове́нный (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ru блаже́нный (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · pt bento (worthy of worship; holy) · vi hạnh phúc (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ar مُبَارَك (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · hi धन्य (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · pt bendito (worthy of worship; holy) · pl błogosławiony (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · gl beato (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · hy օրհնյալ (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · la beatus (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · el ευλογημένος (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · arc בְּרִיךְ (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · af geseënd (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · kk жарылқанған (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · cs požehnaný (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · sh благословени (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · fr béni (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · tl pinagpala (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · es bendito (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · th มีความสุข (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · got 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · eo benita (worthy of worship; holy) · he בָּרוּךְ (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · hu boldog (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · fi pyhä (worthy of worship; holy) · gl bieito (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · cmn 幸福 (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · bg блажен (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · ms bertuah (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · pam nuwan (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ms diberkati (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · lv svētīts (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · it benedetto (held in veneration; revered) · gd naomh (worthy of worship; holy) · hu áldott (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · otk 𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ja 恵まれた (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · pam nuan (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · af welgeluksalig (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · de selig (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · fr bienheureux (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · tr kutlu (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · he מבורך (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · fr bienheureux (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · no velsignet (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · it beato (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · gd naomh (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · arc מְבָרַךְ (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ro blagoslovit (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · eo benata (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · nl zalig (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) · pt bendito (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · mn адислагдсан (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ckb پیرۆز (worthy of worship; holy) · ro binecuvântat (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ru свято́й (worthy of worship; holy) · sa भद्र (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · it beato (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · ko 축복 받은 (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · fi siunattu (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · pl błogosławiony (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · km ប្រទានពរ (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) · is blessaður (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing)

blessed en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /blɛst/
• blĕst

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of bless
   form of bless

Forms