ANOINTED Synonyms

• highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)

• worthy of worship

• expletives used informally as intensifiers

• Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration

• enjoying the bliss of heaven

• characterized by happiness and good fortune

• the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)

• one who is the object of choice; who is given preference

• an exclusive group of people

• (of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above

• given official approval to act

• solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose

• made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use

• devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose

• solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose

• worthy of religious veneration

• fixed or established especially by order or command

• invested with ministerial or priestly functions

• made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use

• administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

• administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

• administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

• a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

• oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

• a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

• any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

• cover with oil, as if by rubbing

• administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

• semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

• anything that remedies or heals or soothes

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm

• apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing