blessed
- v give a benediction to
The dying man blessed his son - v confer prosperity or happiness on
- v make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- v render holy by means of religious rites
- a highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
our blessed land
the blessed assurance of a steady income - s worthy of worship
- s expletives used informally as intensifiers
not a blessed dime
I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing - s Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
- s enjoying the bliss of heaven
- s characterized by happiness and good fortune
a blessed time
blest
- v give a benediction to
- v confer prosperity or happiness on
- v make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- v render holy by means of religious rites
- a highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
blighted
- v cause to suffer a blight
- s affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity
a blighted rose
blighted urban districts
blind
- n people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
he spent hours reading to the blind - n a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
he waited impatiently in the blind - n a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet - n something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
the holding company was just a blind - v render unable to see
- v make blind by putting the eyes out
The criminals were punished and blinded - v make dim by comparison or conceal
- a unable to see
a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan - s unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
blind to a lover's faults
blind to the consequences of their actions - s not based on reason or evidence
blind hatred
blind faith
blinded
- v render unable to see
- v make blind by putting the eyes out
The criminals were punished and blinded - v make dim by comparison or conceal
- s deprived of sight
blindfold
- n a cloth used to cover the eyes
- v cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing
the hostage was blindfolded and driven away - s wearing a blindfold
blindfolded
- v cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing
the hostage was blindfolded and driven away - s wearing a blindfold
blinding
- v render unable to see
- v make blind by putting the eyes out
- v make dim by comparison or conceal
- s shining intensely
blinding headlights