English dictionary
blessed
adjectivePronunciation
ˈblɛsɪd
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
adjective
- highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
adjective
- characterized by happiness and good fortune
adjective
- enjoying the bliss of heaven
adjective
- Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
Example sentences
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
our blessed land
the blessed assurance of a steady income
a blessed time