blessed 1 of 2

adjective

ˈble-səd How to pronounce blessed (audio)
variants also blest
Definition of blessednext
1
as in divine
of, relating to, or being God a prayer to the blessed Savior

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2
as in holy
set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God statues honoring an array of blessed saints are scattered throughout the cathedral

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as in pleasant
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
1
as in consecrated
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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2
as in celebrated
to proclaim the glory of bless the name of God

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3
as in gifted
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 blessed
Adjective
On Good Friday, there was a Yankees Opening Day game played in the afternoon hours, which coincided with this most blessed holiday. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026 April is a blessed month for genre fans, because as well as Thrash, Netflix is gifting us with another potentially-awesome-but-likely-terrible film with the survival thriller Apex, which premieres on April 24. — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
Thus, Monday’s lawsuit is a high-profile example of state-level officials trying to block a merger that has already been blessed by the federal government. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 13 July 2026 The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for blessed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blessed
  1. divine
  2. holy
  3. pleasant
  4. consecrated
  5. celebrated
  6. gifted
  7. heavenly
  8. sacred
Adjective
  • Originating from oral traditions, *The Odyssey* offers timeless guidance, paralleling Old Testament narratives with themes of arduous journeys, divine intervention, and moral choices.
    — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • As a divine presence, Athena represents a concept central to the film.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Definition of divine
Adjective
  • Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have maintained close defense ties for decades, in part because of Islamabad’s longstanding commitment to help defend Islam’s holiest sites, Mecca and Medina, in the kingdom.
    — Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
  • Atsushi Matono is responsible for erecting the shingi, a sacred tree placed at the top of one of the floats —the holiest part of the structure, to which a deity is believed to descend.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of holy
Adjective
  • Counting businesses is easy, the count has been going up, and a rising number is a pleasant thing to publicize.
    — Aparna Rae, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • While the town itself is quite pleasant, Lake Tahoe is the crown jewel.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026
Definition of pleasant
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  • The Vatican declared the group of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide in schism after the SSPX consecrated four bishops in Switzerland without Pope Leo XIV’s approval this month.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
  • On July 2, the Vatican decreed the excommunication of the SSPX’s bishops and priests, one day after the group consecrated four new bishops in Switzerland without the pope’s consent.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Definition of consecrated
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  • This was not an average Independence Day, as the nation celebrated its milestone two-hundred-and-fiftieth birthday.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The summer after the country celebrated its 200th birthday, David Hearn paddled a canoe nicknamed the Queen Mary around the Reflecting Pool as part of an event intended to draw attention to a sport that would later lead him to Olympic glory.
    — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of celebrated
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  • When production on that movie wrapped, the Twilight alum gifted Nolan a collection of Oppenheimer’s speeches, which planted the seed for the award-winning biopic, Nolan told The Hollywood Reporter in July 2023.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • In the early 1990s, an anonymous donor gifted $130,000 over two years to put in heaters, upgrade restrooms and work on pipes and landscaping, among other improvements.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2026
Definition of gifted
Adjective
  • The actress, 29, wore a heavenly floor-length white gown sourced from French fashion house Matières Fécales to the red carpet at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on Tuesday, July 14.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
  • By the end of the movie, even something as natural as daylight has become suffused with a heavenly glow, and the beads of sweat on a dying body sparkle with a beauty that Emily had never been able to find anywhere else in her tragedy of a life.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
Definition of heavenly
Adjective
  • As a voracious reader, few places are as sacred to me as in bed at night with my book light and my book and a good bookmark is also a must-have.
    — Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • But the Deadheads also evince an honest yearning for something that’s tribal, primitive, sacred, ancient, shamanic, ecstatic.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 July 2026
Definition of sacred

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