Meaning

6 senses

  1. Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

    gesegnet

    благослове́нныйblagoslovénnyj

  2. A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.

    selig

    блаже́нныйblažénnyj

  3. Held in veneration; revered.

  4. Worthy of worship; holy.

    свято́йsvjatój, свяще́нныйsvjaščénnyj

    worthy of worship

  5. Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.

  6. (euphemistic, informal)Damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)

    Not one blessed person offered to help me out.

    I'm blessed if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing:
In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person:
worthy of worship; holy:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing:
In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person:

Forms

more blessed, most blessed
Comparativemore blessed Lesson
Superlativemost blessed Lesson

regular

Synonyms

127 synonyms
distinguishedB2eminentC2gloriousB1pricelessB2respectedB2sacredB1worthyB1holyB1divineB1heavenlyB1godlyB2electB2asleepA2breathlessB1
Close in meaning

Antonyms

27 antonyms
condemnedcursedcontemneddespisedscornedprofaneunhallowedunholygodforsakenabove groundalive and kickingaliveA2alive and wellanimateB2

Word family

8 related words
Relatedblessedness
Derivedblessed assuranceblessed eventblessedfullblessedlyblessed thistleblursedunblessed

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blenderblessB1blessingB1bletblightC2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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