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unblessing

unblessing is the present participle and gerund of unbless.

Meaning of unbless

Verb

unbless (third-person singular simple present unblesses, present participle unblessing, simple past and past participle unblessed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of blessings; to make wretched.
  2. (transitive) To convert (a previously blessed object) back to a simple reference.

Noun

unblessing (plural unblessings)

  1. Something that makes one's life worse.
    • He never counts his unblessings, as any man should, never faces them; for the purveyors of integration propaganda all around him have warned him that he must count only his blessings.1972, Konrad Kellen, The Coming Age of Woman Power, page 37
    • Henry Snow sat in the pastor's study of the First Church of the Everlasting Saints, counting his unblessings.2006, Donald Sevener, First Church of the Everlasting Aints, →ISBN, page 4

Forms of unblessing

pluralunblessings

Questions about unblessing

What does unblessing mean?
Unblessing means something that makes one's life worse.
What is unblessing the present participle and gerund of?
Unblessing is the present participle and gerund of unbless.
What part of speech is unblessing?
Unblessing is a noun.
What is the plural of unblessing?
The plural of unblessing is unblessings.

Words near unblessing in the dictionary

  1. unblessable
  2. unblessed
  3. unblessedly
  4. unblessedness
  5. unblesses
  6. unblessing
  7. unblessings
  8. unblest
  9. unblight
  10. unblightable
  11. unblighted

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