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adjective

Definition of giftednext
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as in privileged

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as in talented

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verb

past tense of gift
as in blessed
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't

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Recent Examples of gifted
Adjective
Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The family previously lived at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, which was gifted to them by Harry’s late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 20 Aug. 2026
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The main part of the museum’s holdings are works by European and American artists collected by the Bechtler family of Zürich and gifted to the museum by Andreas Bechtler and his family, who have long called Charlotte home. — Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026 Sources alleged that Charles previously gifted Camilla the Keppel Tiara, a diamond-and-ruby crown that once belonged to her great-great-grandmother, Alice Keppel. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gifted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gifted
  1. privileged
  2. talented
  3. blessed
  4. fortunate
  5. inspired
  6. endowed
  7. lucky
  8. favored
Adjective
  • The Texas Attorney General’s Office, however, ruled that fee details were not privileged and ordered the district to release the invoices.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Because the measure was introduced as a privileged resolution, the House was required to vote on it.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of privileged
Adjective
  • The nearby Park Hill high schools themselves have produced a number of talented players.
    — PJ Green August 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
  • My father was a coal miner and a talented musician who would later perform in several local bluegrass bands.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of talented
Verb
  • New York will be blessed to have someone so faithful to his truest loves.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The backstory Once upon a time, there was a Spanish family blessed with a talent for finding historic buildings and transforming them into hotels that anyone who admires beauty and nature would want to visit.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of blessed
Adjective
  • Injury fortunes should factor into 2027 outlook Washington has been fortunate on the injury front up until this point.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • With tens of thousands still without power in Northwest Indiana, Brandon was fortunate his power was restored Wednesday night.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of fortunate
Adjective
  • With daytime dining offered during the museum’s operating hours, Symone will be Francis’s first restaurant, serving French African–inspired cuisine that uses seasonal ingredients and draws on Francis’s Jamaican and Caribbean roots.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Today’s Sagittarius moon brings an inspired conversation with an unpredictable outcome.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of inspired
Verb
  • The show was considered an outlier in its generally sympathetic take on Hill and his conservative views, as well as in terms of the agency with which the show’s creators endowed its working- and middle-class characters.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Someone who might have the answers is fan-favorite franchise staple Elise (Lin Shaye), a medium who commutes between both worlds, here via the body of a tattoo artist (Maisie Richardson-Sellers) endowed with paranormal gifts.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of endowed
Adjective
  • Purdy’s lucky ending is the latest in a string of animal rescues to close on a high note.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • No one won the Mega Millions jackpot, but one lucky person in New Mexico won the $1 million Match 5 prize.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of lucky
Adjective
  • The Palazzo Dandolo Paolucci is one such overlooking the Grand Canal, a true rarity amidst the everyday, awaiting whomever its next favored owner might be.
    — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • This dynamic that has produced a glut of companies in favored sectors like green technology, electric vehicles, and semiconductors, chasing far more customers than the market, domestic or global, can support.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 29 July 2026
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“Gifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gifted. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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