BLESS Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

bless

verb

ˈbles

Definition of bless

as in to consecrate

to make holy through prayers or ritual the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites

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as in to celebrate

to proclaim the glory of bless the name of God

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as in to gift

to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute blessed with a knack for glib conversation

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Recent Examples of bless After those conversations, Rubey developed a ritual to bless the sites where people had died from suicide. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 He has been blessed with terrific talent but clearly has melded that talent to win games and keep the clubhouse on the same page. — Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 Despite his age, Messi is still blessed with breathtaking skill, and is also fiercely competitive, even at training. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 Immigration attorneys say Lozano’s social media was filled with red flags, like claiming the Virgin Mary blessed all her cases. — ABC News, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bless

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In the late 1980s, its ‌founder ⁠Marcel Lefebvre consecrated four bishops without the approval of Pope John Paul II, leading those involved to be excommunicated.

— Reuters, NBC news, 5 July 2026
In 1988 Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated four bishops without the approval of Pope John Paul II.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 2 July 2026

Definition of consecrate

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On Tuesday, more than a million fans took to the streets to celebrate Mexico’s advancement to the World Cup’s round of 16, a feat the national team hadn’t achieved since 1986, and with each victory, the human tide grows.

— Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
As America begins to celebrate its 250th birthday on Saturday, there are nearly 800,000 customers without power as outages are reported across multiple states.

— Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 July 2026

Definition of celebrate

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The revolvers gifted to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten were left at their countries’ embassies in Ankara and would also be taken out of service, officials said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Moments and fine margins decide matches and Senne Lammens will be reflecting long and hard on his error that has potentially gifted Spain a semifinal spot.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

Definition of gift

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As vacations increasingly become about slowing down and dedicating time to health, one Italian lake ticks all the boxes.

— Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Both Johnny and Dee Dee are buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where a statue of Johnny Ramone playing guitar was dedicated in 2005, leading to annual tributes to him in the years that followed.

— Peter Larsen, Daily News, 7 July 2026

Definition of dedicate

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Following Fuentes’ lead, other influencers on the far-right have also taken to questioning the Holocaust and filming videos praising Adolf Hitler, throwing Nazi salutes and singing along to antisemitic songs.

— Will Carless, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Bill Clinton, who was giving that day’s commencement address, praised El-Sayed in his own remarks.

— Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Definition of praise

Verb

Official liberalism had long been almost inextricably identified with a picture of man as perfectible, as endowed with sufficient wisdom and selflessness to endure power and to use it infallibly for the general good.

— David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
He is endowed with the gift of making his characters seem not only credible but desirable, approachable, and human, thanks to his undeniable charm.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 July 2026

Definition of endow

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The cruelest dimension of this is that a Christianity hijacked by the evangelical right now seeks to sanctify that mythology in the name of God.

— Otis Moss III, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
But far from celebrating or sanctifying the throwing off of English rule, the story’s shocking ending portrays the patriots as a fiendish mob, and casts doubt on the bedrock American faith in prosperity.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Definition of sanctify

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Yet, these grounds were hallowed to the African American community.

— Chip Colwell, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2025
In a new political environment in which none of the new leaders could claim to be revolutionary founding fathers, Deng’s blessing hallowed Jiang and Hu and helped ensure that each survived the vicissitudes of succession politics.

— Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025

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