different between blessed vs inviolable

English

Alternative forms

• blessèd, blesséd (poetic)
• blest (archaic)

Pronunciation

Adjective

• enPR: bl?s??d, bl?st, IPA^(key): /?bl?s?d/, /bl?st/
• Rhymes: -?s?d, -?st
• Hyphenation: bless?ed

Verb

• enPR: bl?st, IPA^(key): /bl?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: blessed

Adjective

blessed (comparative more blessed, superlative most blessed)

1. Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
   • 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 5:5

     Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

2. (Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
3. Held in veneration; revered.
4. Worthy of worship; holy.
5. (informal) An intensifier; damned.

Synonyms

• (revered): revered, venerated, worshipped, worshiped
• (holy): hallowed, holy, sacred

Antonyms

• (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing): condemned, cursed, damned
• (revered): contemned, despised, scorned
• (holy): profane, unhallowed, unholy

Derived terms

• blessed event
• blessedly
• blessedness

Translations

Verb

blessed

1. simple past tense and past participle of bless

Anagrams

• bedless

English

Etymology

From Middle French inviolable, from Latin inviol?bilis (“untouchable”), from viol? (“violate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?va??l?bl?/
• Hyphenation: in?vi?o?la?ble

Adjective

inviolable (comparative more inviolable, superlative most inviolable)

1. Not violable; not to be infringed.

   Synonyms: unbreakable, unbreachable

   Antonyms: (incapable of being complied) incompliable, (capable of being violated) violable, (capable of being violated) breakable

2. Not susceptible to violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.

   Synonyms: holy, sacred, sacrosanct

   Antonym: violable

3. Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible.

   Synonyms: invincible, unassailable

   Antonym: invadable

Derived terms

Translations

References

• inviolable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• inviolable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Latin inviol?bilis (“untouchable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vj?.labl/
• Homophone: inviolables

Adjective

inviolable (plural inviolables)

1. inviolable

Further reading

• “inviolable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inviol?bilis (“untouchable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbjo?lable/, [?m.bjo?la.??le]

Adjective

inviolable (plural inviolables)

1. inviolable