adj. (also poet. blest)
1. a consecrated (Blessed Sacrament). b revered.
2 (usu. foll. by with) often iron. fortunate (in the possession of) (blessed with good health; blessed with children).
3 euphem. cursed; damned (blessed nuisance!).
4 a in paradise. b RC Ch. a title given to a dead person as an acknowledgement of his or her holy life; beatified.
5 bringing happiness; blissful (blessed ignorance).
Derivatives:
blessedly adv.