Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈblɛsɪd/
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/blɛst/
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ˈblɛsɪd
Adjective
Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
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Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
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You're pushing my love / A little bit too far / I don't think you know, I don't think you know how blessed you are / And your friend Annie Mae / Tell you all she see / Have you ever thought she was trying to get close to me?
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.
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‘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.’
Worthy of worship; holy.
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Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
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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, […]
damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)
Usage- euphemistic
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Not one blessed person offered to help me out.
I'm blessed if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.
Adjective
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
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our blessed land
the blessed assurance of a steady income
expletives used informally as intensifiers
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he's a blasted idiot
it's a blamed shame
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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
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enjoying the bliss of heaven
characterized by happiness and good fortune
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a blessed time