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adj
Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: condemned, cursed, damned
adj
A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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adj
Held in veneration; revered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: revered, venerated, worshipped, worshiped, admired, applauded, blessed, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, feared, gloriful, glorious, honoured, illustrious, priceless, reputable, respected, sacred, treasured, valued, well-regarded, worthy
Antonyms: contemned, despised, scorned
adj
Worthy of worship; holy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: hallowed, holy, sacred, blessed, celestial, devoutful, divine, heavenly, godly, sanctimonious
Antonyms: profane, unhallowed, unholy
adj
Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: divine, elect, saved, departed, with God, asleep, at rest, blessed, cadaverous, clay-cold, deceased, resting, decomposed, defunct, expired, extinct, fey, gone, good, inanimate, inert, kaput, killed, late, lifeless, living impaired, low, no longer with us, no more, perished, reposing, six feet deep, six feet under, stiff, unalive, unalived, wasted, whilom
Antonyms: damned, godforsaken, above ground, alive and kicking, alive, alive and well, animate, animated, extant, kicking, live, lively, livesome, living, quick, still with us, surviving, undeceased, vital, vitalic
adj
damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, informal
Synonyms: blessed, cursed, infernal, 4ucking, accursed, bally, blasted, bleeding, bleeping, blimming, blinking, bloody, blooming, confounded, consarned, cotton-picking, cowson, dadburn, dadgum, dagnabbed, damblasted, damn, damnable, damned, dang, danged, darn, darned, dashed, deuced, doggone, dratted, effing, ever-loving, fecking, flaming, flipping, freaking, fricking, frigging, fucking, fudging, fugging, furshlugginer, jiggered, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, goddarned, godforsaken, goldurn, gormed, goshdarn, goshdarned, hecking, holy, living, mollyfogging, motherfucking, pissing, plain, precious, raasclaat, ruddy, sniggered, sodding, stinking
Antonyms: none provided
adj
An epithet indicating that a person has been beatified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of blessed used when referring to an important figure, such as God, or to an important item or event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
simple past and past participle of bless
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: blest
Antonyms: cursed
adjective satellite
expletives used informally as intensifiers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: blasted, blame, blamed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
characterized by happiness and good fortune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
enjoying the bliss of heaven
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: beatified
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
worthy of worship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
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Across languages
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