Blessing
['blesɪŋ] or ['blɛsɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of praying for divine protection.
(noun.) the formal act of approving; 'he gave the project his blessing'; 'his decision merited the approval of any sensible person'.
(noun.) a desirable state; 'enjoy the blessings of peace'; 'a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors'.
Edited by Bertram--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bless
(v. t.) The act of one who blesses.
(v. t.) A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
(v. t.) A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift.
(v. t.) A gift.
(v. t.) Grateful praise or worship.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Benediction, benison, invocation of happiness.[2]. Good, benefit, advantage, profit, gain, boon, service.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Felicitation, benediction, endowment, donation, gift, gratitude, thankfulness,thanks, benefit
ANT:Impoverishment, deprivation, bereavement, malediction, thanklessness,obliviousness, catastrophe, disaster, calamity, detriment, curse, damn
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Examples
- What a blessing, that she never had any children! Jane Austen. Emma.
- This will be a blessing whose influence will descend not only on the other citizens, but on your best friends and yourself. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- My blessing on him, never! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When one is in great pain, you know one cannot feel any blessing quite as it may deserve. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It was what the old dying patriarch demanded of his son Esau, promising in requital the blessing of his last breath. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the hands of the physician, narcotics are a great blessing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And you reward me after years of devotion by giving me your blessing upon my marriage, forsooth, with this flaunting Irish girl! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Give me your blessing, sir. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- So, let us drink their healths, and wish them prolonged life, and every blessing! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You are a blessing to us. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It does him the highest honour; it shews his proper estimation of the blessing of domestic happiness and pure attachment. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- With the blessing of heaven he will set them up again and unite them with another old family. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There was an abundance of laughing and blessing Mas'r, as St. Clare distributed small pieces of change among them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was a blessing for a commerce-loving country to be overrun by such an army of customers: and to have such creditable warriors to feed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Truly a tyrannical son is a blessing to his father and mother! Plato. The Republic.
- Come, come, he added, no blessings. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Every possibility of good was before me, and the first of blessings secured, in obtaining her promises of faith and correspondence. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You mustn't give yourselves airs; you must be meek and humble, my blessings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hope, among my other blessings, was not denied to me; and I did fondly trust that my unwearied attentions would restore my adored girl. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Blessings on you, dearest Mr Fledgeby! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In reality, her thoughts were finding definite utterance in the tranquil recapitulation of the blessings in store for her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- May He, who made both Jew and Christian, shower down on you his choicest blessings! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I have not the capability of enjoying the blessings I possess. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Do you deserve your blessings? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I can say no more, but blessings, blessings on all in the dear house I leave, prays Your affectionate and GRATEFUL Rebecca Crawley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- May God long preserve to you the blessings of peace and innocence! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She studiously shut out all prospect of the future, and cradled her heart in present blessings. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Its usual blessings are happiness and mediocrity. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If I feel that the greatest blessings vouchsafed to us are not very valuable, how can I feel it to be any great hardship when they are taken away? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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