variants also blest
Definition of blessednext
1
as in divine
of, relating to, or being God a prayer to the blessed Savior

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

2
3
as in pleasant
giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses the blessed sight of home after a long journey

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

blessed

2 of 2

verb

variants also blest
past tense of bless
1
2
3

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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
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
Adjective
  • Alongside Laura Dern as paleobotanist Ellie Sattler and Jeff Goldblum as mathematician Ian Malcolm, Neill completed the holy trinity of protagonists in Steven Spielberg’s enduring blockbuster dinosaur adventure.
    Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
  • The ingredients are listed as organic coconut water, organic jasmine tea, organic raw honey, organic holy basil, organic anise hyssop, organic green cardamom, organic white grape juice and organic coconut milk.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Adjective
  • Daunt’s pool area is entirely pleasant right now, but Leo and Home have big plans for it, including the addition of a yoga area and a massage tent.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • Visual enhancements, such as a dark outline of the currently active interface element (think the search field in the Mail app), are a pleasant surprise.
    Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
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
Adjective
  • These foundations were care, equality, proportionality (rewarding individuals relative to their contribution), loyalty, authority or respect for legitimate authorities, and purity (concern with preserving what is seen as natural or sacred).
    Alexandra Figueroa, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
  • Trump reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah by about 90% each, undoing protections established by former presidents on public lands that are sacred among many Native Americans.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 July 2026

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Blessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blessed. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

More from Merriam-Webster on blessed

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster