blessed

See also: blessèd and Blessed

English

Alternative forms

blessèd, blesséd (poetic)
blest (archaic)

Pronunciation

Adjective

enPR: blĕsʹĭd, blĕst, IPA^(key): /ˈblɛsɪd/, /blɛst/
Rhymes: -ɛsɪd, -ɛst
Hyphenation: bless‧ed

Verb

enPR: blĕst, IPA^(key): /blɛst/
Rhymes: -ɛst
Hyphenation: blessed

Adjective

blessed (comparative more blessed, superlative most blessed)

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.
(Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
Held in veneration; revered.
Worthy of worship; holy.
(informal) An intensifier; damned.
Not one blessed person offered to help me out.

Synonyms

(revered): revered, venerated, worshipped, worshiped
(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

Translations

having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing

Afrikaans: geseënd, welgeluksalig
Arabic: مُبَارَك‎ (mubārak)
Aramaic:
Hebrew: בְּרִיךְ‎ (bərīḵ), מְבָרַךְ‎ (məḇāraḵ)

Syriac: ܒܪܝܟ‎ (bərīḵ), ܡܒܪܟ‎ (məḇāraḵ)
Armenian: օրհնյալ (hy) (ōrhnyal)
Bulgarian: благословен (bg) (blagosloven)
Czech: požehnaný
Dutch: gezegend (nl)
Finnish: siunattu
French: bienheureux (fr), béni (fr)
Galician: bendicido m, bieito
German: gesegnet (de)
Greek:
Ancient: μακάριος (makários)

Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ‎ (he) (barúkh), מבורך \ מְבֹרַךְ‎ (m'vorákh)
Hungarian: áldott (hu)
Italian: beato (it) m
Kapampangan: nuan, nuwan
Latvian: svētīts
Norwegian: velsignet
Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍‎ (qutluɣ)
Polish: błogosławiony (pl)
Portuguese: abençoado (pt)
Romanian: binecuvântat (ro) m or n, blagoslovit (ro) m or n, binecuvântată f
Russian: благослове́нный (ru) (blagoslovénnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: naomh
Tagalog: pinagpala
Turkish: kutlu (tr)

In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person

Bulgarian: блажен (bg) (blažen)
Dutch: zalig (nl)
Galician: beato (gl)
German: selig (de)
Hungarian: boldog (hu)

Italian: beato (it)
Polish: błogosławiony (pl)
Russian: блаже́нный (ru) (blažénnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: naomh

held in veneration; revered

Italian: benedetta (it) f

worthy of worship; holy

Bulgarian: свещен (bg) (svešten)
Finnish: pyhä (fi)
Kurdish:
Sorani: پیرۆز‎ (ku) (pîroz)

Portuguese: bendito (pt), bento (pt)
Russian: свято́й (ru) (svjatój), свяще́нный (ru) (svjaščénnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: naomh

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

Verb

blessed

simple past tense and past participle of bless

Anagrams

bedless

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