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

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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
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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
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The front door, which was commissioned by Love from southern Indian temple artisans, was also blessed by a temple priest. Drew Pittock, USA Today, 22 June 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 blessed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blessed
Adjective
  • Signs of divine intervention – or perhaps a very human conspiracy?
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
  • The bell was joined by a container for herbs and medicines depicting the head of Ofoe, a divine emissary of the deity Ogie’uwu.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • There are flag sweaters and skate sneakers and prairie skirts; there are Cheyanne moccasins and Mennonite bonnets and the not-quite-holy Yankees baseball cap.
    Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 1 July 2026
  • The devil invades a Georgetown home, and holy men have quite the job to do on a demonic little girl.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • Despite the minimalism and lack of physical controls, the EX30 interior isn’t a bad place to be—Volvo’s interior designers tend to understand the assignment well, and the textures and materials are pleasant to the touch.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
  • This was a pleasant surprise given the significant worldwide controversy surrounding Huawei’s dominance in constructing 4G infrastructure.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • In 1988, Lefebvre consecrated four bishops without papal consent.
    Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • In Florida, which has long been ground zero for GOP experiments in education reform, there are four, three of which were consecrated by Florida Senate Bill 266 in 2023.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • On July 4, as Americans celebrated the nation’s 250th anniversary, the White House published a scathing attack on the Smithsonian Institution, in particular its National Museum of American History, reports the New York Times.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
  • Today's top stories America celebrated its 250th birthday this weekend.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Goalkeeper Matt Freese’s costly blunder in the 57th minute was an embarrassment that gifted the Belgians a third goal to all but seal the elimination loss.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
  • If your lawnmowers, gardening tools, or other yard‑maintenance supplies aren't getting much use this season (or someone gifted you new ones), many ReStore locations are happy to take your pre-loved ones.
    Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 4 July 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • Don't forget your in-flight comfort — this heavenly memory foam travel pillow is discounted to just $10.
    Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • His larger diagnosis is that the division machine has made every disagreement existential — and that once a political difference becomes sacred, people will rationalize almost anything to defeat the other side.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • But over time, and as reverence for the Revolutionary War generation grew, the political parties sought to prove themselves the truest guardians of the founding principles, transforming it from an argument for independence into a sacred document.
    Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 1 July 2026

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“Blessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blessed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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