different between blessed vs solemn

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

Etymology

From Middle English solempne, solemne (“performed with religious ceremony or reverence; devoted to religious observances, sacred; ceremonious, formal; of a vow: made under a religious sanction, binding; religious celebration, celebration of a feast day; famous, well-known; important; grand, imposing; awe-inspiring, impressive; grave, serious; dignified; enunciated or held formally”) [and other forms], from Old French solempne, solemne (“serious, solemn”) [and other forms], or from its etymon Late Latin s?lempnis, s?lennis, from Latin s?lemnis, from sollemnis (“appointed, established, fixed; common, customary, ordinary, ritual, traditional, usual; ceremonial, religious, solemn; festive; annual, yearly”) [and other forms]. The further etymology is uncertain; sollus (“entire, whole”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh?- (“whole”)) + epulum (“banquet, feast”) (in the sense of a ritual; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ed- (“to eat”)) has been suggested.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?l?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?l?m/
• Hyphenation: sol?emn

Adjective

solemn (comparative solemner or more solemn, superlative solemnest or most solemn)

1. (religion, specifically Christianity) Of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally) religious in nature; sacred.
2. (by extension)
   1. Characterized by or performed with appropriate or great ceremony or formality.
   2. Deeply serious and sombre; grave.

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:serious

      Antonyms: lighthearted, unserious

   3. Inspiring serious feelings or thoughts; sombrely impressive.

      Synonym: awe-inspiring

   4. (obsolete) Cheerless, gloomy, sombre.

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cheerless

      Antonyms: cheerful; see also Thesaurus:blissful

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• solemnity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• solemn (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Lemnos, Melson, Selmon, Smolen, lemons, losmen, melons, nmoles

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sollemnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so?lemn/

Adjective

solemn m or n (feminine singular solemn?, masculine plural solemni, feminine and neuter plural solemne)

1. solemn, grave, serious
2. impressive, exalted
3. festive, celebratory

Declension

Synonyms

• (grave): grav, serios
• (festive): festiv, s?rb?toresc

Related terms

• solemnitate