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

[ Syn: blest ]

worthy of worship; the Blessed Trinity

[ Syn: blessed ]

expletives used informally as intensifiers; hes a blasted idiot; its a blamed shame; a blame cold winter; not a blessed dime; Ill be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if Ill do any such thing; hes a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool; a deuced idiot; an infernal nuisance

[ Syn: blasted , blame , blamed , damn , damned , darned , deuced , goddam , goddamn , goddamned , infernal ]

Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration

[ Syn: beatified ]

enjoying the bliss of heaven

characterized by happiness and good fortune; a blessed time'