Meaning 1
Deeply fortunate in having received something valuable, loving, or life-giving.
Reach for it when expressing gratitude for people, opportunities, or circumstances
They felt blessed to have neighbors who arrived before anyone called.
Meaning 2
Regarded as holy or carrying divine favor.
Reach for it when describing a sacred person, object, place, or state
Pilgrims rested beside the blessed spring before continuing uphill.
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playful
Fits when chance produced the welcome outcome
Not when gratitude should sound deliberate
everyday
Fits when good circumstances explain the gratitude
Not when religious favor is explicitly meant
warm
Fits when the person's response matters most
Not when the favorable condition itself is described
formal
Fits when special advantage or approval is implied
Not when simple luck is more accurate
professional
consecrated
Fits when a rite formally dedicated the object
Not when natural holiness is intended
formal
Fits when religious holiness is unambiguous
Not when a person feels materially fortunate
literary
Fits when tradition has made something revered
Not when everyday devotional language fits
feel blessed
We feel blessed by the trust the village placed in us.
truly blessed
He considered himself truly blessed to teach the same craft as his mother.
blessed place
The chapel remains a blessed place for the fishing community.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated
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