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See also: blessèd and Blessed

English

Alternative forms

blessèd, blesséd (poetic)
blest (archaic)

Pronunciation

Adjective

enPR: blĕsʹĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈblɛsɪd/, /blɛst/Category:English 2-syllable words#BLESSEDCategory:English 1-syllable words#BLESSEDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BLESSED
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Rhymes: -ɛsɪd Category:Rhymes:English/ɛsɪd#BLESSED Category:Rhymes:English/ɛsɪd/2 syllables#BLESSED
Hyphenation: bless‧ed

Verb

enPR: blĕst, IPA^(key): /blɛst/Category:English 1-syllable words#BLESSED Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BLESSED
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Rhymes: -ɛst Category:Rhymes:English/ɛst#BLESSED Category:Rhymes:English/ɛst/1 syllable#BLESSED
Hyphenation: blessed

Adjective

blessed (comparative more blessed, superlative most blessed)Category:English lemmas#BLESSED Category:English adjectives#BLESSED Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BLESSED Category:Pages with entries#BLESSED Category:Pages with 2 entries#BLESSED

Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
Antonyms: condemned, cursed, damned
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:5:
  Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
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(Roman Catholicism Category:en:Roman Catholicism#BLESSED) 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.
Synonyms: revered, venerated, worshipped, worshiped; see also Thesaurus:revered

Antonyms: contemned, despised, scorned
- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 6:
  ‘My blessed Public must have a pretty girl’s face. Romance isn’t romance, adventure is as dull as dishwater...to my Public...unless, every so often, a face to sink a thousand ships, or is it saps? shows up.’
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Worthy of worship; holy.
Synonyms: hallowed, holy, sacred; see also Thesaurus:holy

Antonyms: profane, unhallowed, unholy
Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic Category:English euphemisms#BLESSED) dead.
Synonyms: divine, elect, saved; departed, with God; see also Thesaurus:dead

Antonyms: damned, godforsaken; above ground, alive and kicking; see also Thesaurus:alive
- 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
  I know—for Death, who comes for me
  From regions of the blest afar,
  Where there is nothing to deceive,
  Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]
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(informal Category:English informal terms#BLESSED, euphemistic Category:English euphemisms#BLESSED) damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)
Synonyms: blessed, cursed, infernal; see also Thesaurus:damned

Not one blessed person offered to help me out.Category:English terms with usage examples#BLESSED

I'm blessed if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.Category:English terms with usage examples#BLESSED

Derived terms

Translations

having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing

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Afrikaans: geseëndCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#BLESSED, welgeluksaligCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#BLESSED
Arabic: مُبَارَك (mubārak)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BLESSED
Aramaic:
Hebrew script: בְּרִיךְ (bərīḵ)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#BLESSED, מְבָרַךְ (məḇāraḵ)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#BLESSED

Syriac: ܒܪܝܟ (bərīḵ)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#BLESSED, ܡܒܪܟ (məḇāraḵ)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#BLESSED
Armenian: օրհնյալ (hy) (ōrhnyal)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BLESSED
Bulgarian: благословен (bg) (blagosloven)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BLESSED
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幸福 (zh) (xìngfú)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BLESSED Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BLESSED
Czech: požehnanýCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BLESSED
Dutch: gezegend (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BLESSED
Esperanto: benataCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BLESSED
Finnish: siunattuCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#BLESSED
French: bienheureux (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BLESSED, béni (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BLESSED
Galician: bendicidoCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BLESSED, bieitoCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BLESSED
German: gesegnet (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BLESSED
Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (audahafts)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#BLESSED
Greek: ευλογημένος (el) (evlogiménos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BLESSED
Ancient Greek: μακάριος (makários)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BLESSED
Hawaiian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Hawaiian#BLESSED
Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ (he) (barúkh)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BLESSED, מבורך / מְבֹרַךְ (m'vorákh)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BLESSED
Hungarian: áldott (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BLESSED
Icelandic: blessaður (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#BLESSED
Italian: beato (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BLESSED
Japanese: 恵まれた (megumareta)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BLESSED
Kapampangan: nuanCategory:Terms with Kapampangan translations#BLESSED, nuwanCategory:Terms with Kapampangan translations#BLESSED
Kazakh: жарылқанған (jarylqanğan)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BLESSED
Khmer: ប្រទានពរ (bratan por)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BLESSED
Korean: 축복 받은 (chukbok bad-eun)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BLESSED
Latin: beatusCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BLESSED
Latvian: svētītsCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BLESSED
Malay: bertuahCategory:Terms with Malay translations#BLESSED, dirahmatiCategory:Terms with Malay translations#BLESSED, diberkatiCategory:Terms with Malay translations#BLESSED
Māori: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Māori#BLESSED
Mongolian: адислагдсан (adislagdsan)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BLESSED
Norwegian: velsignetCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#BLESSED
Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 (qut¹l¹uǧ /⁠qutluɣ⁠/)Category:Terms with Old Turkic translations#BLESSED
Plautdietsch: seelichCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#BLESSED
Polish: błogosławiony (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BLESSED
Portuguese: abençoado (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLESSED, bendito (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLESSED, bem-aventurado (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLESSED
Romanian: binecuvântat (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BLESSED, blagoslovit (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BLESSED
Russian: благослове́нный (ru) (blagoslovénnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BLESSED
Sanskrit: भद्र (sa) n (bhadra)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#BLESSED
Scottish Gaelic: naomhCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BLESSED
Serbo-Croatian: благословениCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BLESSED
Spanish: bendito (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BLESSED
Tagalog: pinagpalaCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BLESSED
Thai: มีความสุขCategory:Terms with Thai translations#BLESSED
Turkish: kutlu (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BLESSED, mübarek (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BLESSED
Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎎𐎗𐎗 (ảmrr)Category:Terms with Ugaritic translations#BLESSED
Vietnamese: hạnh phúc (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BLESSED

In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person

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Bulgarian: блажен (bg) (blažen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BLESSED
Dutch: zalig (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BLESSED
Esperanto: beataCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BLESSED
French: bienheureux (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BLESSED
Galician: beato (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#BLESSED
German: selig (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BLESSED
Hungarian: boldog (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BLESSED
Italian: beato (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BLESSED
Polish: błogosławiony (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BLESSED
Portuguese: beato (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLESSED
Russian: блаже́нный (ru) (blažénnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BLESSED
Scottish Gaelic: naomhCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BLESSED
Swedish: salig (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#BLESSED

held in veneration; revered

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Italian: benedetto (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BLESSED

worthy of worship; holy

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Bulgarian: свещен (bg) (svešten)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BLESSED
Esperanto: benitaCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BLESSED
Finnish: pyhä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BLESSED
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پیرۆز (pîroz)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#BLESSED
Portuguese: bendito (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLESSED, bento (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLESSED
Russian: свято́й (ru) (svjatój)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BLESSED, свяще́нный (ru) (svjaščénnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BLESSED
Scottish Gaelic: naomhCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BLESSED

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Translations to be checked

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} benedetto (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BLESSED Category:Requests for review of Italian translations#BLESSED

Verb

blessedCategory:English non-lemma forms#BLESSED Category:English verb forms#BLESSED Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BLESSED Category:Pages with entries#BLESSED Category:Pages with 2 entries#BLESSED

simple past and past participle of bless

Anagrams

bedless

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Yola

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blɛst/Category:Yola terms with IPA pronunciation#BLESSED

Verb

blessedCategory:Yola non-lemma forms#BLESSED Category:Yola verb forms#BLESSED Category:Yola entries with incorrect language header#BLESSED Category:Pages with entries#BLESSED Category:Pages with 2 entries#BLESSED

simple past of bless
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
  Blessed yarth amang meyen.
  Blessed art thou amongst women.
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References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 56