Blessed
adj.joyful, kindwarm
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.
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4- playful
chance produced the welcome outcome
not when gratitude should sound deliberate
- everyday
good circumstances explain the gratitude
not when religious favor is explicitly meant
- warm
the person's response matters most
not when the favorable condition itself is described
- formal
special advantage or approval is implied
not when simple luck is more accurate
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.
Choose between these
3Said against
4- unfortunate
- deprived
- profane
- desecrated
It naturally appears in
3- 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.
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3Where this comes from
- Wiktionary, Adjective sense 2: fortunate opens in a new tab for meaning 1 · retrieved 2026-07-26
- Wiktionary, Adjective sense 1: holy opens in a new tab for meaning 2 · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.