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blessed

/ˈblɛsɪd/

When used as an adjective, the word can be pronounced in two ways. In common speech, it is often one syllable ('blest'). However, in religious contexts or poetry, it is often pronounced with two syllables ('bles-sed'). In some informal contexts, people use 'blessed' sarcastically to describe something annoying (e.g., 'this blessed noise'), though this is less common than the positive meanings.

💬Casual Conversation

🎬Tuesday afternoon, Fatima is in the library while Maya is at a cafe.
Maya

Just saw your grade. Honestly, you're blessed to have that brain.

Maya
Fatima
Fatima

Hardly. I've been grinding for ten hours straight.

💡
Maya uses 'blessed' to describe Fatima's natural intellectual advantage, while Fatima counters with the slang term 'grinding', meaning working intensely and relentlessly, to emphasize that her success is due to effort rather than divine favor or luck.

Meanings

adjective

Bringing happiness, luck, or divine favor; hallowed.

"They enjoyed a blessed period of peace and prosperity."

adjective

Expressing gratitude for a particular benefit or advantage.

"I felt truly blessed to have such supportive friends during the crisis."

verb (transitive)

To pronounce a blessing upon someone or something; to make holy.

"The priest blessed the congregation with a sign of the cross."

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