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Dictionary Meaning and Definition on 'Blessed'
Blessed Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0
- blessed
adj
- highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income" [syn: blest] [ant: cursed]
- worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity"
- expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "tired or his everlasting whimpering"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, everlasting, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal]
- Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration [syn: beatified]
- enjoying the bliss of heaven
- characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time"
- having good fortune bestowed or conferred upon; sometimes used as in combination; "blessed with a strong healthy body"; "a nation blessed with peace"; "a peace-blessed era" [syn: blessed with(p), endued with(p)]
- Blessed \Bless"ed\ (bl[e^]s"[e^]d), a.
- Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. --Milton.
- Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored. All generations shall call me blessed. --Luke i. 48. Towards England's blessed shore. --Shak.
- Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. ``Then was a blessed time.'' ``So blessed a disposition.'' --Shak.
- Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven. Reverenced like a blessed saint. --Shak.
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Wikipedia Meaning and Definition on 'Blessed'
- Blessed: Blessed may refer to: The state of having received a blessing In Roman Catholicism, a title applied to someone who has been beatified ...
- Blessed (TV series): Blessed was a BBC television sitcom written by Ben Elton and starring Ardal O'Hanlon as Gary, a record producer, who is struggling to ...
- Blessed (Hillsong album): Blessed is the eleventh album in the live praise and worship series of Christian Contemporary music by Hillsong Church . Making of the ...
- Blessed (2009 film): Blessed is a 2009 drama film. It was released in Australia on 10 September 2009. It stars Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor . ...
- Blessed (Martina McBride song): "Blessed" is a single, released in October 2001, by American country music artist Martina McBride . In March 2002, it became her fifth ...
- Blessed (Fady Maalouf album): Blessed is the debut album by Lebanese -German singer Fady Maalouf . Maalouf was a contestant in 2008 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar ...
- Blessed (2004 film): Blessed is a 2004 horror film directed by Simon Fellows starring Heather Graham and James Purefoy . Synopsis : The story begins with the ...
- Blessed (Fady Maalouf song): "Blessed" is an English language hit single by Lebanese -German singer Fady Maalouf . Maalouf was a contestant in 2008 of Deutschland ...
Words and phrases related to 'Blessed'
| Blest | Blessed | Blasted | Blame | Blamed |
| Darned | Deuced | Infernal | Beatified |
'Blessed' in famous quotation sentence
* We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blessed facility, and we are soon wonted to the change and happy in it. - Mark Twain
* We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts. - Henry Ward Beecher
* No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. - Harold MacMillan
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* We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts. - Henry Ward Beecher
* No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. - Harold MacMillan
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Blessed Sample Sentences in News
- Blessed Sacrament graduates
Villa Hills police said they received a 911 call at about 3:05 p.m. - 5:51 pm Read more on this news related to 'Blessed' - This Father Feels Blessed To Have Confident Daughters
DEAR ABBY: I am writing you not because of a problem, but because of two special people in my life.I have two daughters, both in their 20s. They are well-educated and happy. I adore them. My wife and I consider ourselves lucky to be their parents. We never pushed them toward goals or to succeed, but they are self-motivated and confident.I have come to the conclusi Read more on this news related to 'Blessed' - Thousands of bikers blessed by Pope as Harley-Davidson celebrates anniversary
Biker culture came to the Vatican today as Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders celebrating the manufacturer's 110th anniversary with a parade and plenty of leather. Read more on this news related to 'Blessed'

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