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variants also blest
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as in delightful
giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses the blessed sight of home after a long journey

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blessed

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verb

variants also blest
past tense of bless
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Recent Examples of blessed
Adjective
Caliendo shared a bunch of photos from the blessed day on his Instagram account. Pete Grathoff july 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025 The Second Commandment notwithstanding, thou shalt honor the gifts bestowed by Providence that predispose thine tendency to acquire more plants and weirder plants than their less well blessed and marginally more rational brethren. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Verb
She's truly blessed to have found you. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 Fittingly released in the middle of Monterey Car Week, the Excalibur Spider Flyback Chronograph showcases the same level of dazzling mechanics as the Ferrari Daytona SP3 that sold for $26 million at the epic sales event and has therefore been blessed with the coveted Geneva Seal. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blessed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blessed
Adjective
  • Acutis' canonization marks a deliberate Vatican effort to present contemporary, relatable holy figures who can speak to younger generations about faith lived in the digital age.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Shops sell his memorabilia — the boy's face encased in a corona of holy light is on mugs, keychains, rosaries.
    Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But there is more: a little way back from the water, knuckle-like boulders of sandstone or some other friable rock sharpen the ambience of a consecrated space.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Churches are fine, but consecrated Earth is dangerous to them.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Ansari, Rogen, and Reeves make for a delightful trio of heavy-hitters.
    Beandrea July, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
  • What follows is a delightful mix of slapstick comedy (a bathtub scene that ranks among the best physical comedy of the decade), whimsical set pieces, and a genuinely touching story about belonging.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Generations of alumni and parishioners are now struggling to comprehend how the church that baptized them, married them and educated their children became the site of such devastation.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
  • His blood baptized the American Revolution.
    Essence, Essence, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Nadler, the long-serving congressman, praised his former aide and state assemblyman Micah Lasher but stopped short of supporting him.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Many internet users have praised Morrison and her team for saving Maple's life and those of her puppies too.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly every part of the couple's wedding was borrowed or gifted with love.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Over a year ago, the Biden administration gifted Intel $8 billion in CHIPS subsidies for plants in multiple states.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Her divine costumes throughout the clip mash up sacred imagery with biker style, including a blue hooded top with the sacred heart across the chest, and a whole lot of cross jewelry.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This connection between the fruit and inherent holiness adds new meaning to the Song of Songs, where the love between two people can unknowingly be a divine revelation.
    Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Another late relative was the venerated acting teacher and founding member of the Group Theatre, Stella Adler, whose students had included Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty and Robert De Niro.
    Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
  • He was charged with violating a Texas law for desecration of a venerated object.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Blessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blessed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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