blessed

English

Alternative forms

• blessèd (poetic), blest (archaic)

Pronunciation

Adjective

• enPR: blĕst, blĕsʹĭd, IPA: /blɛst/, /ˈblɛs.ɨd/, X-SAMPA: /blEst/, /"blEs.Id/

Verb form

• enPR: blĕst, IPA: /blɛst/, X-SAMPA: /blEst/

Adjective

blessed (comparative more blessed, superlative most blessed)

1. Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
   • 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 5:5

     Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

2. 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. Held in veneration; revered.
4. Worthy of worship; holy.
5. (informal) An intensifier; damned.

   Not one blessed person offered to help me out.

Synonyms

• (revered): revered, venerated, worship(p)ed
• (holy): hallowed, holy, sacred

Antonyms

• (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing): condemned, cursed, damned
• (revered): contemned, despised, scorned
• (holy): profane, unhallowed, unholy

Derived terms

• blessed event

Translations

having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing

• Bulgarian: благословен (bg) (blagosloven)
• Finnish: siunattu
• German: gesegnet (de)
• Hungarian: áldott (hu)

• Latvian: svētīts (lv)
• Norwegian: velsignet (no)
• Romanian: binecuvântat (ro) m and n, blagoslovit (ro) m and n, binecuvântată (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: naomh (gd)

In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person

• Bulgarian: блажен (bg) (blažen)
• German: selig (de)

• Hungarian: boldog (hu)
• Scottish Gaelic: naomh (gd)

held in veneration; revered

• Italian: benedetta (it) f

worthy of worship; holy

• Bulgarian: свещен (bg) (svešten)
• Finnish: pyhä (fi)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پیرۆز

• Scottish Gaelic: naomh (gd)

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• Hebrew: מבורך (mevorakh) m, מבורכת (mevurekhet) f

• Italian: beato m, beata f; benedetto m, benedetta f

Verb

blessed

1. simple past tense and past participle of bless

Anagrams

• bedless