Blessing and Curse

Blessing

Blessing noun - A prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor.
Usage example: that rabbi always ends the service with a short blessing

Curse is an antonym for blessing in topics: benediction, sanctification, approval, advantage.

Curse

Curse noun - A prayer that harm will come to someone.
Usage example: uttered a curse upon his persecutor from the scaffold

Blessing is an antonym for curse in misfortune wished upon someone topic.

Nearby Words: cursed, cursing

How words are described

similar similar blessing similar curse
original original blessing original curse
divine divine blessing divine curse
actual actual blessing actual curse
Other adjectives: real, massive, supposed, final, apparent, temporary, last, literal, magical.

Both words in one sentence

  • Land Downunder It is suggested that Jun had placed Alex and Roger in Australia, which would be either a blessing or a curse.
  • Super Mode Percy Jackson and the Olympians displays two possible versions of this one being in The Last Olympian where he receives the curse/blessing of Achilles.
    Source: Super Mode
  • Video Game / I Miss the Sunrise The characters tend to treat them as both a blessing and a curse, instead of planting themselves firmly on one side.
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