{"id":788,"date":"2012-08-11T14:28:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T20:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=788"},"modified":"2020-11-25T10:23:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T16:23:21","slug":"pronouncing-the-word-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/definitions\/pronouncing-the-word-blessed\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronouncing the Word <em>Blessed<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u00a0sometimes receive inquiries from readers regarding the proper way to pronounce <em>blessed<\/em>. The word <em>blessed<\/em> can be pronounced in two different ways according to its part of speech in the sentence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rule 1.<\/strong> When <em>blessed<\/em> is used as a verb, it is pronounced with one syllable (blest).<br \/>\n<em><strong>Example:<\/strong> Before we ate, our uncle Tony blessed<\/em>\u00a0[blest]\u00a0<em>the meal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rule 2.<\/strong> When the word <em>blessed<\/em> is used as part of an adverb (<em>blessedly<\/em>) or a noun (<em>blessedness<\/em>),\u00a0it is pronounced with two syllables (<em>bles-id<\/em>).<br \/>\n<em><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>She hugged him blessedly<\/em> [bles-id-lee, adverb]\u00a0<em>upon learning he had quit his bad habit.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Eucharist is revered for its blessedness<\/em> [bles-id-nes, noun] <em>within the Christian faith.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rule 3.<\/strong> When\u00a0<em>blessed<\/em> is used as an adjective, it is typically pronounced with two syllables (<em>bles-id<\/em>). However, in certain cases, it may be pronounced with only one syllable (<em>blest<\/em>) as an isolated instance of inflection developed through familiarity with American English.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em>Annie\u2019s baptism was a blessed<\/em>\u00a0[bles-id] <em>moment, particularly for her devoted grandparents.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Blessed<\/em>\u00a0[bles-id] <em>are the poor.<\/em> <strong>But<\/strong> <em>The poor are blessed<\/em> [blest, adjective].<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop Quiz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. The priest <em>blessed<\/em> (pronounced <em>blest <\/em>or<em> bles-id<\/em>) the candles at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>2. The couple was <em>blessed<\/em> (pronounced <em>blest <\/em>or<em> bles-id<\/em>) with a healthy baby girl.<\/p>\n<p>3. I don\u2019t have a <em>blessed<\/em> (pronounced <em>blest <\/em>or<em> bles-id<\/em>) dime to my name.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop Quiz Answers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. The priest <em>blessed<\/em> (pronounced <strong><em>blest<\/em><\/strong>) the candles at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>2. The couple was <em>blessed<\/em> (pronounced <strong><em>blest<\/em><\/strong>) with a healthy baby girl.<\/p>\n<p>3. I don\u2019t have a <em>blessed<\/em> (pronounced <em><strong>bles-id<\/strong><\/em>) dime to my name.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u00a0sometimes receive inquiries from readers regarding the proper way to pronounce blessed. The word blessed can be pronounced in two different ways according to its part of speech in the sentence. Rule 1. When blessed is used as a verb, it is pronounced with one syllable (blest). Example: Before we ate, our uncle Tony blessed\u00a0[blest]\u00a0the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,10,49,23,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives-adverbs","category-definitions","category-pronunciation","category-verbs","category-vocabulary"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}