Definitions for blessed

Overview of verb bless

The verb bless has 4 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (4) bless

(give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son")

2. (1) bless

(confer prosperity or happiness on)

3. (1) bless, sign

(make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate)

4. consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify

(render holy by means of religious rites)

Overview of adj blessed

The adj blessed has 6 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (1) blessed, blest

(highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income")

2. (1) Blessed

(worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity")

3. (1) blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal

(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"; "an infernal nuisance")

4. beatified, blessed

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

5. blessed

(enjoying the bliss of heaven)

6. blessed

(characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time")