What is the meaning of blessed?

verb

  • Give a benediction to.
    • usage: "The dying man blessed his son"
  • Confer prosperity or happiness on.
  • Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate.
  • Render holy by means of religious rites.

adjective

  • Highly favored or fortunate (as e. G. By divine grace. )
    • usage: "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income"
  • Worthy of worship.
    • usage: "the Blessed Trinity"
  • Expletives used informally as intensifiers)
    • usage: "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"
  • Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration.
  • Enjoying the bliss of heaven.
  • Characterized by happiness and good fortune.
    • usage: "a blessed time"
14
 
|15 years ago|1.2k views|share |citing 
APAWordNet. (2010). blessed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/blessed/definitions/1169491
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "blessed" http://smartdefine.org/blessed/definitions/1169491 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, blessed, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/blessed/definitions/1169491>.
MLAWordNet. "blessed" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/blessed/definitions/1169491>
{ class="autoclick" }next definition (/)