Synonyms for bless
blɛsbless

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1. blessverb

   Antonyms:
   condemn, curse

2. blessverb

   Used as an expression of endearment, or (ironically) belittlement.

   Antonyms:
   condemn, curse

3. blessverb

   Antonyms:
   curse, condemn

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. bless

   Synonyms:
   felicitate, endow, enrich, gladden, rejoice, cheer, thank

   Antonyms:
   deprive, sadden, impoverish, ignore, curse, anathematize

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1. blessverb

   give a benediction to

   "The dying man blessed his son"

   Synonyms:
   hallow, sign, consecrate, sanctify

   Antonyms:
   curse, bedamn, anathemize, imprecate, damn, anathemise, beshrew, maledict

2. blessverb

   confer prosperity or happiness on

   Synonyms:
   hallow, sign, consecrate, sanctify

   Antonyms:
   anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, beshrew, damn, curse, maledict, bedamn

3. bless, signverb

   make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

   Synonyms:
   ratify, hallow, signalize, sign, sign up, sign on, signal, contract, consecrate, subscribe, sanctify, signalise

   Antonyms:
   damn, anathemise, curse, beshrew, anathemize, imprecate, bedamn, maledict

4. consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctifyverb

   render holy by means of religious rites

   Synonyms:
   purify, hallow, give, dedicate, sign, commit, ordinate, sanctify, vow, order, consecrate, ordain, devote, purge

   Antonyms:
   curse, imprecate, beshrew, damn, anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, maledict

Matched Categories

1. • Confer
   • Declare
   • Gesture
   • Invoke

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1. ashish

   ashish hindi meaning is "aasirbaad ", so the english meaning of ashish is "bless".

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. blessverb

   Synonyms:
   ask or implore a blessing upon

2. blessverb

   Synonyms:
   delight, gladden, make happy

3. blessverb

   Synonyms:
   wish happiness to

4. blessverb

   Synonyms:
   glorify, exalt, celebrate, magnify, praise

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How to use bless in a sentence?

1. Katie Arrington:

   Bless Mark Sanford heart, but it's time for Mark Sanford to take a hike -- for real this time.

2. Antony Blinken:

   Instead of an Iron Cross, he saw a five-pointed White Star, he ran to the tank. The hatch opened. An African American GI looked down at African American. African American got down on African American knees and said the only three words African American knew in English that African American mother had taught him :' God Bless America.'.

3. Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark:

   He was quiet when I let him know, he shook his head and said: ‘Thank you very much. God bless you.’.

4. Jay Leno:

   Dave is as quirky as they come, god bless him. He is having fun. When I see him, he still has that twinkle, and he still seems to be having fun with it. He doesn’t look like a depressed old guy.

5. Jeremy Dys:

   Whether a student is being patriotic or engaging in religious speech, there is no law in this country forbidding a student from telling his or her classmates, ‘God bless America’ and it is illegal for a school to censor a student for doing so.