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English adjective: blessed | |||
| 1. | blessed highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace) | ||
| Samples | Our blessed land. The blessed assurance of a steady income. | ||
| Synonyms | blest | ||
| Similar | fortunate, golden | ||
| Antonyms | cursed, curst | ||
| 2. | Blessed worthy of worship | ||
| Samples | The Blessed Trinity. | ||
| Similar | holy | ||
| Antonyms | unhallowed, unholy | ||
| 3. | blessed expletives used informally as intensifiers | ||
| Samples | 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 | blame, blamed, blasted, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal | ||
| Similar | cursed, curst | ||
| Antonyms | blessed, blest | ||
| 4. | blessed Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration | ||
| Synonyms | beatified | ||
| Similar | holy | ||
| Antonyms | unhallowed, unholy | ||
| 5. | blessed enjoying the bliss of heaven | ||
| Similar | saved | ||
| Antonyms | lost | ||
| 6. | blessed characterized by happiness and good fortune | ||
| Samples | A blessed time. | ||
| Similar | happy | ||
| Antonyms | unhappy | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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