different between blessed vs blesse

English

Alternative forms

• blessèd, blesséd (poetic)
• blest (archaic)

Pronunciation

Adjective

• enPR: bl?s??d, bl?st, IPA^(key): /?bl?s?d/, /bl?st/
• Rhymes: -?s?d, -?st
• Hyphenation: bless?ed

Verb

• enPR: bl?st, IPA^(key): /bl?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: blessed

Adjective

blessed (comparative more blessed, superlative most blessed)

1. Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
   • 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 5:5

     Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

2. (Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
3. Held in veneration; revered.
4. Worthy of worship; holy.
5. (informal) An intensifier; damned.

Synonyms

• (revered): revered, venerated, worshipped, worshiped
• (holy): hallowed, holy, sacred

Antonyms

• (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing): condemned, cursed, damned
• (revered): contemned, despised, scorned
• (holy): profane, unhallowed, unholy

Derived terms

• blessed event
• blessedly
• blessedness

Translations

Verb

blessed

1. simple past tense and past participle of bless

Anagrams

• bedless

English

Verb

blesse

1. Obsolete spelling of bless

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?s/

Verb

blesse

1. inflection of blesser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative