blessed
blessed is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored. All generations shall call me blessed. Luke i.
- 2.Towards England's blessed shore. Shak.
- 3.Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. "Then was a blessed time." "So blessed a disposition." Shak.
- 4.Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven. Reverenced like a blessed saint. Shak. Cast out from God and blessed vision. Milton.
- 5.(R. C. Ch.) Beatified.
- 6.Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively. Not a blessed man came to set her [a boat] free. R. D. Blackmore.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abode
- apotheosis
- beatific
- bliss
- celestial
- darkness
- deification
- elysian
- eternal
- everlasting
- from
- future
- garden
- glory
- god
- great
- happy
- heaven
- heavenly
- high
- home
- hunting
- inheritance
- joy
- kingdom
- light
- nature
- paradise
- paradisiacal
- presence
- resurrection
- resuscitation
- reward
- slope
- state
- supernal
- that
- the
- third
- throne
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is blessed.
- What is enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored. All generations shall call me blessed. Luke i called?
- What is imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. "Then was a blessed time." "So blessed a disposition." Shak called?
- What is enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven. Reverenced like a blessed saint. Shak. Cast out from God and blessed vision. Milton called?
- What is used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively. Not a blessed man came to set her [a boat] free. R. D. Blackmore called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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