Definition of 'blessed'
See also: bless
Adjective
- highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income"
Synonyms: blest
Antonyms: cursed curst - worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity"
- 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"
Synonyms: blasted blame blamed darned deuced infernal - Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
Synonyms: beatified - enjoying the bliss of heaven
- characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time"
- having good fortune bestowed or conferred upon; sometimes used as in combination; "blessed with a strong healthy body"; "a nation blessed with peace"; "a peace-blessed era"
Synonyms: blessed with endued with
