SkyfireDict

blessed   (TTS Sound)

The verb bless has 4 senses

• bless -- (give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son")


• bless -- (confer prosperity or happiness on)


• bless, sign -- (make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate)


• consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify -- (render holy by means of religious rites)

The adj blessed has 6 senses

• blessed, blest -- (highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income")


• Blessed -- (worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity")


• blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal -- (expletives used informally as intensifiers; "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")


• beatified, blessed -- (Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration)


• blessed -- (enjoying the bliss of heaven)


• blessed -- (characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time")