Blessed

Pronunciation

• enPR: blÄ•st, IPA: /blÉ›st/, /ˈblÉ›s.ɨd/

• enPR: blÄ•st, IPA: /blÉ›st/

Alternative forms

• blessèd poetic, blest archaic

Full definition of blessed

Adjective

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

Verb

1. blessed

   (past of bless)

Antonyms

• cursed
• condemned

Anagrams

• bedless