blessed
Syllables: bless·ed/ˈblɛsɪd/
blessed adjective: having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing. Also the simple past and past participle of bless.
Adjective (1)
blessed (comparative more blessed, superlative most blessed)
- Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
- Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:5
- 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
- A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
- 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
- Synonyms:
- revered, venerated, worshipped, worshiped, admired, applauded, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, feared
- Worthy of worship; holy.
- Antonyms:
- profane, unhallowed, unholy
- 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
- Synonyms:
- divine, elect, saved, departed, with God, asleep, at rest, cadaverous, clay-cold, deceased
- Antonyms:
- damned, godforsaken, above ground, alive and kicking, alive, alive and well, animate, animated, extant, kicking
- I know—for Death, who comes for me
- damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)
- Not one blessed person offered to help me out.
- I'm blessed if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.
Proper noun capitalized: Blessed
Blessed
- A surname.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Blessed
Blessed
- An epithet indicating that a person has been beatified.
- Alternative letter-case form of blessed used when referring to an important figure, such as God, or to an important item or event.
- 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.2012, Charles M. Stang, Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite, →ISBN, page 62
Also used as
blessed is also the simple past and past participle of bless.
blessed meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Sanskrit
blessed in Hindi
- having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing
- धन्य dhanya
blessed in Tamil
- ஆசீர்வதிக்கப்பட்டவர், ஆசிர்வதிக்கப்பட்டவர், ஆசீர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட
blessed in Kannada
- ಆಶೀರ್ವದಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ
blessed in Sanskrit
- having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing
- भद्र bhadra
More languagesFewer languages
- blessed in Nepali
- आशीर्वादित
- blessed in Tagalog
- pinagpala
- blessed in Arabic
- مُبَارَك mubārak
- blessed in Malay
- bertuah, dirahmati, diberkati
- blessed in Thai
- มีความสุข
- blessed in Vietnamese
- hạnh phúc
Examples of blessed in a sentence
- The Almighty has smiled on us and blessed with good fortune.
- I'm just going to sit here on my blessed assurance until Jesus comes.
- After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan.
Synonyms of blessed
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Antonyms
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Forms of blessed
| comparative | more blessed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most blessed |
| alternative form | blessèd |
| alternative form | blesséd |
| alternative form | blest |
Words formed from blessed
Phrases with blessed
Questions about blessed
- What does blessed mean?
- Blessed means having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
- What is blessed in Hindi?
- Blessed in Hindi is धन्य (dhanya). See Blessed meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blessed?
- Blessed can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce blessed?
- Blessed is pronounced /ˈblɛsɪd/.
Words near blessed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: blessed (page history and authors); Blessed (page history and authors); blessed (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blessed (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blessed (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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