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| Main Entry: | blessed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sanctified |
| Synonyms: | consecrated, divine, exalted, hallowed, holy, inviolable, redeemed, rewarded, sacred, sacrosanct, saved, spiritual, adored, among the angels, beatified, enthroned, glorified, resurrected, revered, unprofane |
| Antonyms: | cursed, damned, condemned, disapproved |
| Main Entry: | blessed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | blissful, content, contented, favored, fortunate, glad, granted, joyful, joyous, lucky, endowed |
| Antonyms: | cursed, damned, unhappy, unlucky, condemned, unblessed, unfavored |
| Main Entry: | bless |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify |
| Synonyms: | absolve, anoint, baptize, beatify, canonize, commend, confirm, consecrate, cross, dedicate, enshrine, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, hallow, honor, laud, magnify, offer, ordain, praise, sacrifice, sign, sprinkle, thank, give thanks to, invoke benefits, invoke happiness, make holy, offer benediction, panegyrize, pray for, pronounce holy |
| Antonyms: | condemn, curse, damn |
| Main Entry: | bless |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grant, bestow |
| Synonyms: | celebrate, endow, favor, give, glorify, grace, laud, magnify, praise, provide |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | celestial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | heavenly |
| Synonyms: | angelic, astral, beatific, blessed, divine, empyrean, eternal, ethereal, godlike, hallowed, holy, immortal, otherworldly, seraphic, spiritual, sublime, supernal, supernatural, transcendental, Olympian, elysian, empyral, transmundane |
| Antonyms: | earthly, hellish, infernal, mortal |
| Main Entry: | damnable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | atrocious, horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, blessed, culpable, cursed, darn, depraved, despicable, detestable, execrable, hateful, odious, offensive, outrageous, wicked, blamed, dang, dratted |
| Antonyms: | admirable, blessed, exalted, favorable, favored, good, laudatory, praiseworthy, cherished, loveable |
| Main Entry: | damned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful, unwelcome |
| Synonyms: | accursed, bad, blessed*, bloody*, blooming*, confounded, cursed, damnable, darn*, darned*, despicable, detestable, done for*, doomed, execrable, infamous, infernal*, loathsome, lost, lousy, reprobate, revolting, unhappy, all-fired, anathematized, blankety-blank, blasted, condemned, cussed, dang, doggone*, dratted, gone to blazes, voodooed |
| Antonyms: | blessed, favored, nice, praiseworthy, welcome, cherished, likeable, loveable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | favored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | popular |
| Synonyms: | blessed, chosen, elite, lucky, pet*, preferred, privileged, recommended, selected, sweetheart, advantaged, best-liked, fair-haired, singled out, well-liked |
| Antonyms: | unpopular, disfavored |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having good luck |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, affluent, auspicious, blessed, bright, charmed, convenient, encouraging, favorable, favored, felicitous, flourishing, fortuitous, golden, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, lucky, on a roll*, opportune, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, sitting pretty, successful, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do, born with a silver spoon, gaining, get a break, in luck, in the gravy, overcoming, providential, sunny side |
| Notes: | fortunate means having unexpected good fortune or luck; fortuitous means happening by chance or coming or occurring by accident or without any known cause |
| Antonyms: | adverse, sad, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hallowed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holy, revered |
| Synonyms: | blessed, consecrated, dedicated, divine, holy, honored, inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, anointed, beatified, enshrined, unprofane |
| Antonyms: | irreligious, profane, unhallowed, unholy, desecrated, unsanctified |
| Main Entry: | heavenly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very pleasant |
| Synonyms: | adorable, alluring, ambrosial, angelic, beatific, beautiful, blessed, blissful, celestial, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, divine, empyrean, enjoyable, entrancing, excellent, exquisite, extraterrestrial, glorious, godlike, holy, immortal, lovely, luscious, lush, rapturous, ravishing, scrumptious, seraphic, sublime, superhuman, supernal, supernatural, sweet, wonderful, yummy, cherubic, paradisaical |
| Antonyms: | hellish |
| Main Entry: | holy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | religious, sacred |
| Synonyms: | angelic, believing, blessed, chaste, clean, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, devotional, devout, divine, faithful, faultless, god-fearing, godlike, godly, good, hallowed, humble, immaculate, innocent, just, moral, perfect, pious, pure, reverent, righteous, sacrosanct, saintly, sanctified, seraphic, spiritual, spotless, sublime, undefiled, unworldly, upright, venerable, virtuous, glorified, messianic, pietistic, prayerful, revered, sainted, saintlike, uncorrupt, untainted, venerated |
| Antonyms: | depraved, evil, immoral, irreligious, irreverent, sacrilegious, sinful, unholy, vile, wicked, unsacred |
| Main Entry: | lucky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fortunate, opportune |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, adventitious, auspicious, beneficial, benign, blessed, charmed, favored, felicitous, fortuitous, golden, happy, hopeful, hot*, on a roll*, promising, propitious, prosperous, successful, timely, well, all systems go, coming up roses, everything going, getting a break, hit it big, holding aces, in the groove, into something, on a streak, providential, serendipitous, striking it rich |
| Antonyms: | bad, inopportune, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, unsuccessful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sacrosanct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sacred |
| Synonyms: | blessed, consecrated, divine, godly, hallowed, holy, pious, pure, religious, saintly, sanctified, spiritual, revered, sacramental, unprofane, venerated |
| Main Entry: | saintly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, righteous |
| Synonyms: | angelic, beatific, blameless, blessed, devout, divine, god-fearing, godly, holy, pious, pure, religious, sinless, upright, upstanding, virtuous, worthy, sainted, saintlike, seraph |
| Antonyms: | bad, sinful, unholy, wicked, unrighteous |
| Main Entry: | utter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outright, absolute |
| Synonyms: | arrant, blessed*, blooming*, complete, confounded, consummate, downright, entire, flat-out*, infernal, out-and-out*, perfect, pure, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unmitigated, unqualified, all-fired, blasted, straight-out |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, uncertain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endorsed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | signed |
| Synonyms: | OK'd boosted, advocated, affirmed, approved, attested, backed, blessed, commended, concluded, legalized, notarized, ratified, recommended, sanctioned, sealed, settled, sponsored, supported, underwritten, upheld, validated |
| Antonyms: | cancelled, disapproved, vetoed |
| Main Entry: | praised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | admired |
| Synonyms: | blessed, celebrated, exalted, flattered, helped, aided, extolled, glorified, lauded, worshipped |
| Main Entry: | sanctified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pure |
| Synonyms: | blessed, consecrated, divine, hallowed, holy, anointed, deific |
| Main Entry: | thanked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shown appreciation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, blessed, praised, recognized, applauded, appreciated, lauded |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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