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blessed

bles·sed

UK/blɛst/ US/blɛst/ common informal

adjective

1.

highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)

  • “our blessed land”
  • “the blessed assurance of a steady income”
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2.

worthy of worship

  • “the Blessed Trinity”
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3.

expletives used informally as intensifiers

  • “he”
  • “;”
  • “s a blamed shame”
  • “a blame cold winter”
  • “not a blessed dime”
  • “I”
  • “ll do any such thing”
  • “he”
  • “;”
  • “;”
4.

Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration

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5.

enjoying the bliss of heaven

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6.

characterized by happiness and good fortune

  • “a blessed time”
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7.

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”

Phrases

  • blessed assurance
  • blessed event
  • blessed thistle
  • have a blessed one
  • Island of the Blessed
  • of blessed memory

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