blessed

Verb

• give a benediction to
  • "The dying man blessed his son"
• confer prosperity or happiness on
• make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
• render holy by means of religious rites
• simple past and past participle of bless

Adjective

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

Adjective Satellite

• worthy of worship
  • "the Blessed Trinity"
• expletives used informally as intensifiers
  • "not a blessed dime"
  • "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"
• Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
• enjoying the bliss of heaven
• characterized by happiness and good fortune
  • "a blessed time"

Adj

• Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
• 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.
• Worthy of worship; holy.
• Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
• damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)

Examples

• He felt BLESSED when he drew two blanks, ensuring a bingo in his Words With Friends game.
• I'm blessed if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.
• Not one blessed person offered to help me out.

Synonyms

beatified, blame, blamed, blasted, bless, blest, consecrate, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, hallow, infernal, sanctify, sign, hallowed, holy, revered, sacred, venerated, worshiped, worshipped

Antonyms

curse, cursed, desecrate, condemned, contemned, damned, despised, profane, scorned, unhallowed, unholy

Anagrams of blessed