blessed

== English == === Alternative forms === blessèd, blesséd (poetic) blest (archaic) === Pronunciation === Adjective enPR: blĕsʹĭd, IPA(key): /ˈblɛsɪd/, /blɛst/ Rhymes: -ɛsɪd Hyphenation: bless‧ed Verb enPR: blĕst, IPA(key): /blɛst/ Rhymes: -ɛst Hyphenation: blessed === Adjective === blessed (comparative more blessed, superlative most blessed) Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing. Antonyms: condemned, cursed, damned (Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs. Held in veneration; revered. Synonyms: revered, venerated, worshipped, worshiped; see also Thesaurus:revered Antonyms: contemned, despised, scorned Worthy of worship; holy. Synonyms: hallowed, holy, sacred; see also Thesaurus:holy Antonyms: profane, unhallowed, unholy Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead. Synonyms: divine, elect, saved; departed, with God; see also Thesaurus:dead Antonyms: damned, godforsaken; above ground, alive and kicking; see also Thesaurus:alive (informal, euphemistic) damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial) Synonyms: blessed, cursed, infernal; see also Thesaurus:damned ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === blessed simple past and past participle of bless === Anagrams === bedless == Yola == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɛst/ === Verb === blessed simple past of bless === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 56