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blessed
Overview of verb bless
The verb bless has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) bless -- (give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son")
2. (1) bless -- (confer prosperity or happiness on)
3. (1) bless, sign -- (make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate)
4. consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify -- (render holy by means of religious rites)
Overview of adj blessed
The adj blessed has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) blessed, blest -- (highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income")
2. (1) Blessed -- (worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity")
3. (1) blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal -- (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")
4. beatified, blessed -- (Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration)
5. blessed -- (enjoying the bliss of heaven)
6. blessed -- (characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time")
7. blessed, blessed with, endued with -- (having good fortune bestowed or conferred upon; sometimes used as in combination; "blessed with a strong healthy body"; "a nation blessed with peace"; "a peace-blessed era")
Grep of noun blessed
blessed event
blessed thistle
blessed trinity
blessed virgin
blessedness
Antonyms of verb bless
1 of 4 senses of bless
Sense 1
bless
Antonym of curse (Sense 3)
=>curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bless
4 senses of bless
Sense 1
bless
=> raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
=> make, create
Sense 2
bless
=> confer, bestow
=> award, present
=> allocate, apportion
=> assign, allot, portion
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
bless, sign
=> gesticulate, gesture, motion
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 4
consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bless
2 of 4 senses of bless
Sense 1
bless
=> anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate
Sense 4
consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
=> reconsecrate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bless
4 senses of bless
Sense 1
bless
=> raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
Sense 2
bless
=> confer, bestow
Sense 3
bless, sign
=> gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sense 4
consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
=> declare
'Cause To' of verb bless
Derived Forms of verb bless
1 of 4 senses of bless
Sense 1
bless
RELATED TO>(noun) blessing#4
=> benediction, blessing
RELATED TO>(noun) blessing#5
=> blessing, benediction
Domain of verb bless
Domain Terms of verb bless
Familiarity of verb bless
bless used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb bless
4 senses of bless
Sense 1
bless
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
bless
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
bless, sign
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bless
4 senses of bless
Sense 1
bless
> raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
=> curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
=> bless
Sense 2
bless
> confer, bestow
=> miter
=> bless
=> graduate
Sense 3
bless, sign
> gesticulate, gesture, motion
=> wink
=> exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth
=> shrug
=> clap, spat
=> applaud, clap, spat, acclaim
=> bless, sign
=> nod
=> cross oneself
=> bow, bow down
=> shake
=> beckon, wave
Sense 4
consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
> declare
=> plead
=> profess
=> condemn
=> consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
=> account, answer for
=> propose, suggest, advise
=> promise, assure
=> promise
=> take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment
=> sentence, condemn, doom
=> proclaim, exclaim, promulgate
=> profess
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
=> swear, depose, depone
=> testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness
=> decree
=> opine, speak up, animadvert, sound off
=> count out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bless
Sense 1
bless
=> raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
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Sense 2
bless
=> confer, bestow
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Sense 3
bless, sign
=> gesticulate, gesture, motion
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Sense 4
consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
=> declare
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Grep of verb bless
bless
Antonyms of adj blessed
7 senses of blessed
Sense 1
blessed (vs. cursed), blest
cursed (vs. blessed), curst
=> accursed, accurst, maledict
=> blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
=> cursed with(predicate), stuck with(predicate)
=> damn, goddamn
=> damnable, execrable
Sense 2
Blessed
INDIRECT (VIA holy) -> unholy, unhallowed
Sense 3
blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
INDIRECT (VIA cursed) -> blessed, blest
Sense 4
beatified, blessed
INDIRECT (VIA holy) -> unholy, unhallowed
Sense 5
blessed
INDIRECT (VIA saved) -> lost
Sense 6
blessed
INDIRECT (VIA happy) -> unhappy
Sense 7
blessed, blessed with(predicate), endued with(predicate)
INDIRECT (VIA endowed) -> unendowed
Similarity of adj blessed
7 senses of blessed
Sense 1
blessed (vs. cursed), blest
=> favored, fortunate, golden
=> glorious
Sense 2
Blessed
=> holy (vs. unholy)
Sense 3
blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
=> cursed (vs. blessed), curst
Sense 4
beatified, blessed
=> holy (vs. unholy)
Sense 5
blessed
=> saved (vs. lost)
Sense 6
blessed
=> happy (vs. unhappy)
Sense 7
blessed, blessed with(predicate), endued with(predicate)
=> endowed (vs. unendowed)
Pertainyms of adj blessed
Attributes of adj blessed
Domain of adj blessed
Domain Terms of adj blessed
Familiarity of adj blessed
blessed used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =7)
Grep of adj blessed
blessed
blessed with
unblessed
Grep of adv blessed
blessedly
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