Blessed vs Worthy - What's the difference?
blessed | worthy |
Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
* 1611 , King James Bible , Matthew 5:5
In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
Held in veneration; revered.
Worthy of worship; holy.
(informal) An intensifier; damned.
(bless)
having worth, merit or value
* Shakespeare
* Sir J. Davies
honourable or admirable
deserving, or having sufficient worth
Suited; befitting.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Matthew iii. 11
* Milton
* Dryden
a distinguished or eminent person
To render or treat as worthy; exalt; revere; honour; esteem; respect; value; reward; adore.
* 1880 , Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature :
* 1908 , Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts, The court of Russia in the nineteenth century :
* 1910 , Charles William Eliot, The Harvard classics: Beowulf :
As adjectives the difference between blessed and worthy
is that blessed is (poetic|dated) (verb) while worthy is having worth, merit or value.As a noun worthy is
a distinguished or eminent person.As a verb worthy is
to render or treat as worthy; exalt; revere; honour; esteem; respect; value; reward; adore.blessed
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Alternative forms
* (poetic), blest (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
- Not one blessed person offered to help me out.
Synonyms
* (revered) revered, venerated, worship(p)ed * (holy) hallowed, holy, sacredAntonyms
* condemned, cursed, damned * (revered) contemned, despised, scorned * (holy) profane, unhallowed, unholyDerived terms
* blessed eventVerb
(head)Anagrams
* English heteronymsworthy
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) worthy, wurthi, from (etyl) *.Adjective
(er)- These banished men that I have kept withal / Are men endued with worthy qualities.
- This worthy' mind should ' worthy things embrace.
- No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.
- whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
- And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know / More happiness.
- The lodging is well worthy of the guest.
Derived terms
* worthily * worthinessNoun
(worthies)Etymology 2
From (etyl) worthien, wurthien, from (etyl) .Verb
- And put upon him such a deal of man, That worthied him, got praises of the king [...]'' — Shakespeare, ''King Lear .
- After having duly paid his addresses to it, he generally spends some time on the marble slab in front of the looking-glass, but without showing the slightest emotion at the sight of his own reflection, or worthying it with a song.
- And it is a poor daub besides," the Emperor rejoined scornfully, as he stalked out of the gallery without worthying the artist with a look.
- No henchman he worthied by weapons, if witness his features, his peerless presence!