well-blessed
ɪd; adjective
1.
consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified: the Blessed Sacrament.
2.
worthy of adoration, reverence, or worship: the Blessed Trinity.
3.
divinely or supremely favored; fortunate: to be blessed with a strong, healthy body; blessed with an ability to find friends.
4.
blissfully happy or contented.
5.
Roman Catholic Church, beatified.
6.
bringing happiness and thankfulness: the blessed assurance of a steady income.
7.
Informal. damned: I'm blessed if I know.
8.
Informal. (used as an intensifier): every blessed cent.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | made holy by religious ceremony; consecrated |
| 2. | worthy of deep reverence or respect |
| 3. | RC Church (of a person) beatified by the pope |
| 4. | characterized by happiness or good fortune: a blessed time |
| 5. | bringing great happiness or good fortune |
| 6. | a euphemistic word for damned : I'm blessed if I know |
| —n | |
| 7. | Christianity the blessed the dead who are already enjoying heavenly bliss |
| 'blessedly | |
| —adv | |
| 'blessedness | |
| —n | |
| well-blessed | |
| —adj | |
| having been generously endowed with a talent, beauty, etc | |
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Word Origin & History
blessed
late 12c., "supremely happy," also "consecrated" (c.1200), pp. adj. from bless (q.v.). Reversed or ironic sense of "cursed, damned" is recorded from 1806.
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