blessed meaning and definition

BLESSED adjective

Definition of blessed (adjective)

1. highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
   • "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income"
   • synonyms: blest
   • antonym: cursed
2. worthy of worship
   • "the Blessed Trinity"
3. 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"
   • synonyms: blame, blamed, blasted, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
4. Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
   • synonyms: beatified
5. enjoying the bliss of heaven
6. characterized by happiness and good fortune
   • "a blessed time"