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   blessed

   /ˈblɛsɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. made holy; consecrated: "the Blessed Sacrament"
   • ▪ a title preceding the name of a dead person considered to have led a holy life, especially a person formally beatified by the Roman Catholic Church: "the Convent of the Blessed Agnes" Similar holysacredhallowedconsecratedsanctifieddivinededicatedveneratedreveredordainedcanonizedbeatifiedOpposite cursed
   • ▪ endowed with divine favour and protection: "blessed are the meek" Similar favouredfortunateluckyprivilegedselecthappyjoyfuljoyousblissfulgladenviableOpposite wretched
   • ▪ bringing pleasure or relief as a welcome contrast to what one has previously experienced: "he half stumbled out of the room up to his bed and blessed, blessed sleep"
   • 2. used in mild expressions of annoyance or exasperation: informal "he'll want to go and see his blessed allotment" Similar blasteddamnflamingpreciousconfoundedpestilentialrottenwretchedinformal:flippingblinkingbloomingblimmingdamnedbloodybleedingeffingchuffinggoddamplurryinformal, dated:ballyruddydeucedvulgar slang:fuckingfriggingpissingshittysoddingchickenshitpissantfeckingdated:cursedaccurseddamnable

   plural

   • 1. those who live with God in heaven.

   Derivatives

   • 1. blessedly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 10

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