What are the opposite words for blessing?
The antonyms for the word "blessing" include words such as curse, affliction, and misfortune. While a blessing is considered a positive event or circumstance, a curse is generally understood to be a negative or harmful one. Affliction refers to a state of suffering or distress, which is often the result of a curse, while misfortune speaks to circumstances beyond one's control that lead to bad outcomes. Other antonyms for blessing include words like disaster, setback, and calamity. These words all suggest negative events or outcomes that can harm individuals or communities, often in profound and lasting ways.
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- wrong
- hate
- hating
- evil
- malediction
- blame
- pain
- adversity
- difficulty
- disease
- bane
- poison
- ruin
- poverty
- detraction
- deformity
- crime
- depression
- loss
- hindrance
- guilt
- imperfection
- restraint
- blow
- deception
- duty
- failure
- pitfall
- crisis
- pity
- damage
- predicament
- disappointment
- pass
- abortion
- awkward
- blot
- burden
- care
- cataclysm
- check
- defect
- detriment
- disadvantage
- discomfort
- discouragement
- disservice
- distress
- doom
- event
- execration
- fault
- flaw
- frustration
- grievance
- grossness
- handicap
- havoc
- ill
- impecuniousness
- impediment
- imposition
- incommodiousness
- letdown
- millstone
- mischance
- mischief
- misery
- misplacement
- obscenity
- oppression
- parasite
- pest
- pinch
- problem
- responsibility
- snag
- torment
- trap
- trauma
- trial
- twinge
- unease
- abuse
- accident
- advantage
- albatross
- anxiety
- bad luck
- blight
- calamity
- catastrophe
- cost
- curse
- debacle
- disaster
- embarrassment
- exigency
- extremity
- flop
- grief
- hardship
- harm
- headache
- holdup
- hurt
- inconvenience
- injury
- juncture
- liability
- load
- melancholy
- misadventure
- misfortune
- mishap
- muddle
- outlay
- outrage
- plight
- pressure
- reverse
- rub
- scourge
- setback
- slump
- sorrow
- strait
- suffering
- task
- tragedy
- trespass
- trouble
- turning point
- undoing
- upheaval
- object of extreme dislike, hate
- physical hurting, injuring
- bad luck, situation
- hurt condition; something that causes hurt
- worry, tension
- rotten break
- cause of misery
- sanctification
- good wishes, approval
- disease; plague
- mark; flaw
- fiasco
- obstacle
- mental weight; stress
- disaster; tragedy
- blistered infection
- personal interest, concern
- misfortune/mishap
- calamity; unhappy conclusion
- restraint, hindrance
- penalty, sacrifice
- offense against the law
- critical situation
- misfortune wished upon someone
- injury, loss
- nonfeasance
- insolvency
- stumbling block
- blemish, imperfection
- disfigurement, distortion
- low spirits; despair
- misrepresentation; slander
- problem; situation requiring great effort
- downside
- affliction
- hurt, loss
- saddening situation; letdown
- accident, trouble
- irritation, pain
- ailment, affliction
- unkindness
- pain, agony
- fate or decision, usually unpleasant
- a negative aspect of a situation
- bad situation
- responsibility, assignment
- humiliation, shame
- crisis, danger
- occurrence, happening
- badness, immorality; disaster
- drawback
- lack of success
- blame, sin; mistake
- miserable failure
- disappointment, thwarting
- mental suffering
- complaint, gripe
- blame; bad conscience over responsibility
- personal burden
- injury, evil
- extreme dislike
- injury; damage
- obstruction, hindrance
- hurt, harm
- troublesome situation
- burden, debt
- cargo, freight
- misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost
- depression, sadness
- bad luck, mishap
- unpredictable outcome
- trouble, damage
- pain, mental or physical
- confused state
- impediment, barrier
- misery, hardship
- expenses
- atrocity, evil
- physical suffering
- something that exists by taking from or depending on another
- person or thing that presents problem
- tight pressing
- hazard, trap
- feeling of mercy toward another
- annoyance, curse
- dilemma, difficulty; situation
- substance that causes harm, death
- demand, difficulty
- difficulty; bad situation
- accountability, blame
- bad luck; failure
- stroke, massage
- plague, torment
- bad or embarrassing situation
- decline, failure
- complication in situation
- extreme upset, grief
- crisis, difficulty
- job or chore, often assigned
- severe mental distress
- severe mental or physical pain
- snare, trick
- invasion, offense
- trouble, big problem
- annoyance, worry
- sharp pain
- destruction, misfortune
- major change
- offense, sin
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- wrong
- hate
- hating
- evil
- malediction
- blame
- pain
- adversity
- difficulty
-
disease
- ill health,
- Sickliness,
- dis ease,
- dis eases,
- dis temper,
- dis tempers,
- dis-ease,
- dis-eases,
- dis-temper,
- dis-tempers,
- endemics,
- flus,
- ill healths,
- in disposition,
- in dispositions,
- in-disposition,
- in-dispositions,
- pathosis,
- sicklinesses,
- un healthiness,
- un healthinesses,
- un-healthiness,
- un-healthinesses,
- unhealthinesses.
- bane
- poison
- ruin
- poverty
-
detraction
- muckraking,
- scandalmongering,
- pejoratives,
- backstabbings,
- de rogation,
- de rogations,
- de traction,
- de tractions,
- de-rogation,
- de-rogations,
- de-traction,
- de-tractions,
- dis esteem,
- dis esteems,
- dis-esteem,
- dis-esteems,
- in justices,
- in-justice,
- in-sinuation,
- in-sinuations,
- libelings,
- malignings,
- muckrakings,
- running downs,
- scandalmongerings,
- traducings.
-
deformity
- misshapenness,
- Misproportion,
- malconformations,
- mis proportion,
- mis proportions,
- mis shape,
- mis shapes,
- mis-proportion,
- mis-shape,
- mis-shapes,
- misproportions,
- misshapennesses,
- repulsivenesses,
- un attractiveness,
- un naturalness,
- un naturalnesses,
- un sightliness,
- un sightlinesses,
- un-attractiveness,
- un-attractivenesses,
- un-naturalness,
- un-naturalnesses,
- un-sightliness,
- un-sightlinesses,
- unattractivenesses.
-
crime
- criminality,
- fast one,
- illegality,
- immorality,
- tort,
- Delict,
- Malefaction,
- Torts,
- antisocial behavior,
- antisocial behaviors,
- criminalities,
- delicts,
- delictum,
- delictums,
- evil behaviors,
- fast ones,
- in fractions,
- in-fraction,
- in-fractions,
- male faction,
- male factions,
- male-faction,
- male-factions,
- malefactions,
- mis conduct,
- mis conducts,
- mis demeanor,
- mis-conduct,
- mis-conducts,
- mis-demeanor,
- mis-demeanors,
- unlawful act,
- unlawful acts.
-
depression
- abjection,
- blahs,
- bleakness,
- cheerlessness,
- dispiritedness,
- lowness,
- melancholia,
- woefulness,
- Abjectness,
- Disconsolation,
- Melancholias,
- the blues,
- abjections,
- abjectnesses,
- bleaknesses,
- cheerlessnesses,
- dis consolation,
- dis consolations,
- dis-consolation,
- dis-consolations,
- disconsolations,
- dispiritednesses,
- gloominesses,
- heaviness heart,
- lownesses,
- lugubriosities,
- lugubriosity,
- woefulnesses.
- loss
- hindrance
-
guilt
- blameworthiness,
- self-reproach,
- blameworthinesses,
- dis honor,
- dis honors,
- dis-honor,
- dis-honors,
- mis behavior,
- mis behaviors,
- mis-behavior,
- peccabilities,
- self condemnation,
- self condemnations,
- self reproach,
- self reproaches,
- self-condemnations,
- selfcondemnation,
- selfcondemnations,
- selfreproach,
- selfreproaches.
-
imperfection
- flaw.
- restraint
- blow
- deception
- duty
-
failure
- abortion,
- implosion,
- insolvency,
- nonfeasance,
- nonperformance,
- Non-performance,
- de cline,
- de clines,
- de-cline,
- de-clines,
- implosions,
- in adequacies,
- in adequacy,
- in-adequacies,
- in-adequacy,
- lead balloon,
- lead balloons,
- mis carriage,
- mis carriages,
- mis steps,
- mis-carriages,
- non performance,
- non performances,
- nonperformances,
- sinking ship,
- sinking ships,
- total loss,
- total losses.
- pitfall
- crisis
- pity
- damage
- predicament
-
disappointment
- disenchantment,
- disillusionment,
- letdown,
- setback,
- nonsuccess,
- bringdown,
- unfulfillment,
- adverse fate,
- adverse fates,
- bringdowns,
- dis appointment,
- dis appointments,
- dis content,
- dis contents,
- dis enchantment,
- dis enchantments,
- dis illusion,
- dis illusions,
- dis satisfaction,
- dis satisfactions,
- dis-appointment,
- dis-appointments,
- dis-content,
- dis-contents,
- dis-enchantment,
- dis-enchantments,
- dis-illusion,
- dis-illusions,
- dis-satisfaction,
- dis-satisfactions,
- disenchantments,
- disillusionments,
- flash in pan,
- flash the pan,
- in efficacies,
- in efficacy,
- in-efficacies,
- in-efficacy,
- lack of success,
- lack success,
- mis calculation,
- mis-calculation,
- mis-calculations,
- non success,
- non successes,
- non-successes,
- nonsuccesses,
- old one two,
- old one twos,
- old one-twos,
- old onetwo,
- old onetwos,
- the knock,
- the knocks,
- un fulfillments,
- un-fulfillment,
- un-fulfillments,
- unfulfillments.
- pass
- abortion
- awkward
- blot
- burden
- care
- cataclysm
- check
- defect
- detriment
- disadvantage
- discomfort
- discouragement
- disservice
- distress
-
doom
- foreordination,
- lap of the gods,
- predetermination,
- foreordinations,
- Fore-ordination,
- de cree,
- de crees,
- de-cree,
- de-crees,
- fixed future,
- fixed futures,
- fore ordination,
- fore ordinations,
- fore-ordinations,
- handwriting on wall,
- handwriting wall,
- lap god,
- lap gods,
- lap of god,
- lap of gods,
- lap of the god,
- lap the god,
- lap the gods,
- pre destination,
- pre destinations,
- pre determination,
- pre-destination,
- pre-destinations,
- pre-determination,
- pre-determinations,
- predeterminations,
- way ball bounce,
- way ball bounces,
- way cookie crumble,
- way cookie crumbles,
- way the ball bounce,
- way the ball bounces,
- way the cookie crumble,
- way the cookie crumbles.
- event
- execration
-
fault
- slip up,
- failings,
- de merit,
- de merits,
- de-merit,
- de-merits,
- evil doing,
- evil doings,
- in accuracies,
- in accuracy,
- in-accuracies,
- in-accuracy,
- in-discretions,
- loss innocence,
- loss of innocence,
- mis cue,
- mis cues,
- mis demeanors,
- mis-cue,
- mis-cues,
- over sight,
- over sights,
- over-sight,
- over-sights,
- slip ups,
- slip-up,
- slip-ups.
- flaw
- frustration
- grievance
- grossness
- handicap
- havoc
- ill
- impecuniousness
- impediment
- imposition
-
incommodiousness
- cumbersomeness,
- troublesomeness,
- untimeliness,
- unwieldiness,
- Unhandiness,
- bothersomeness,
- bothersomenesses,
- cumbersomenesses,
- in commodiousness,
- in commodiousnesses,
- in commodities,
- in commodity,
- in-commodiousnesses,
- in-commodities,
- in-commodity,
- troublesomenesses,
- un fitness,
- un fitnesses,
- un handiness,
- un handinesses,
- un suitableness,
- un suitablenesses,
- un timeliness,
- un-fitness,
- un-fitnesses,
- un-handiness,
- un-handinesses,
- un-suitableness,
- un-suitablenesses,
- un-timeliness,
- unhandinesses,
- unwieldinesses.
- letdown
- millstone
- mischance
- mischief
- misery
- misplacement
- obscenity
- oppression
- parasite
- pest
- pinch
- problem
- responsibility
- snag
- torment
- trap
- trauma
- trial
- twinge
- unease
- abuse
- accident
- advantage
- albatross
-
anxiety
- butterfly,
- cold sweat,
- fretfulness,
- unease,
- willies,
- worriment,
- Butterflies,
- Nail Biting,
- all overs,
- allovers,
- ants in pants,
- ants pants,
- cold sweats,
- dis quiet,
- dis quiets,
- dis quietude,
- dis quietudes,
- dis-quiet,
- dis-quiets,
- dis-quietude,
- dis-quietudes,
- fore boding,
- fore bodings,
- fore-boding,
- fretfulnesses,
- mis giving,
- mis trust,
- mis trusts,
- mis-giving,
- mis-trust,
- nail-biting,
- nail-bitings,
- nailbiting,
- pins needles,
- un certainties,
- un certainty,
- un easiness,
- un-certainties,
- un-certainty,
- un-easiness,
- un-easinesses.
-
bad luck
- hard cheese,
- hard time,
- ill luck,
- hard luck,
- bad-luck,
- devil luck,
- devil lucks,
- devil own luck,
- devil own lucks,
- devil's luck,
- devil's lucks,
- devil's own luck,
- devil's own lucks,
- devils luck,
- devils lucks,
- devils own luck,
- devils own lucks,
- hard cheeses,
- hard lucks,
- ill lucks,
- rotten luck,
- rotten lucks,
- tough break,
- tough breaks.
- blight
- calamity
- catastrophe
- cost
- curse
- debacle
- disaster
- embarrassment
- exigency
- extremity
- flop
- grief
- hardship
- harm
- headache
- holdup
- hurt
- inconvenience
- injury
- juncture
- liability
- load
- melancholy
- misadventure
- misfortune
- mishap
-
muddle
- ataxia,
- Ataxias,
- dis arrangement,
- dis arrangements,
- dis array,
- dis arrays,
- dis organization,
- dis organizations,
- dis-arrangement,
- dis-arrangements,
- dis-array,
- dis-arrays,
- dis-organization,
- dis-organizations,
- foul ups,
- foul-up,
- foul-ups,
- foulup,
- foulups,
- mess a half,
- mess a halves,
- mess and a half,
- mess and a halves,
- mess and half,
- mess and halves,
- mess half,
- mess halves,
- rat nest,
- rat's nest,
- rats nest,
- rats nests,
- screw ups,
- screw-ups.
- outlay
- outrage
- plight
- pressure
- reverse
- rub
- scourge
- setback
- slump
- sorrow
- strait
-
suffering
- woe.
- task
- tragedy
- trespass
- trouble
- turning point
- undoing
-
upheaval
- new deal,
- shakeout,
- new ballgame,
- stirrings,
- shakeouts,
- ex plosion,
- ex plosions,
- ex-plosion,
- new ball game,
- new ball games,
- new ball-game,
- new ball-games,
- new ballgames,
- new deals,
- out break,
- out breaks,
- out cries,
- out-break,
- out-breaks,
- out-cries,
- out-cry,
- re volutions,
- re-volution,
- re-volutions,
- up turn,
- up turns,
- up-turn,
- up-turns.
- object of extreme dislike, hate
- physical hurting, injuring
- bad luck, situation
- hurt condition; something that causes hurt
- worry, tension
- rotten break
-
cause of misery
- bane.
- sanctification
-
good wishes, approval
- denial,
- opposition,
- refusal,
- veto.
- disease; plague
-
mark; flaw
- blot.
- fiasco
- obstacle
- mental weight; stress
- disaster; tragedy
- blistered infection
-
personal interest, concern
- care.
- misfortune/mishap
- calamity; unhappy conclusion
- restraint, hindrance
-
penalty, sacrifice
- cost.
- offense against the law
- critical situation
- misfortune wished upon someone
- injury, loss
- nonfeasance
- insolvency
- stumbling block
- blemish, imperfection
- disfigurement, distortion
- low spirits; despair
- misrepresentation; slander
- problem; situation requiring great effort
- downside
- affliction
- hurt, loss
- saddening situation; letdown
- accident, trouble
- irritation, pain
- ailment, affliction
- unkindness
- pain, agony
-
fate or decision, usually unpleasant
- doom.
- a negative aspect of a situation
- bad situation
-
responsibility, assignment
- duty.
- humiliation, shame
- crisis, danger
- occurrence, happening
-
badness, immorality; disaster
- evil.
- drawback
- lack of success
- blame, sin; mistake
-
miserable failure
- flop.
- disappointment, thwarting
- mental suffering
- complaint, gripe
- blame; bad conscience over responsibility
- personal burden
-
injury, evil
- harm.
-
extreme dislike
- hate.
-
injury; damage
- hurt.
- obstruction, hindrance
- hurt, harm
-
troublesome situation
- jam.
- burden, debt
-
cargo, freight
- load.
-
misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost
- loss.
- depression, sadness
- bad luck, mishap
- unpredictable outcome
- trouble, damage
- pain, mental or physical
- confused state
- impediment, barrier
- misery, hardship
- expenses
- atrocity, evil
-
physical suffering
- pain.
- something that exists by taking from or depending on another
-
person or thing that presents problem
- pest.
- tight pressing
- hazard, trap
-
feeling of mercy toward another
- pity.
- annoyance, curse
- dilemma, difficulty; situation
- substance that causes harm, death
- demand, difficulty
- difficulty; bad situation
- accountability, blame
- bad luck; failure
-
stroke, massage
- rub.
- plague, torment
- bad or embarrassing situation
- decline, failure
-
complication in situation
- snag.
- extreme upset, grief
- crisis, difficulty
-
job or chore, often assigned
- task.
- severe mental distress
- severe mental or physical pain
-
snare, trick
- trap.
- invasion, offense
- trouble, big problem
- annoyance, worry
- sharp pain
- destruction, misfortune
- major change
- offense, sin
-
Other relevant words
- bother,
- criticism,
- cross,
- cruelty,
- debasement,
- defilement,
- desecration,
- disapprobation,
- disfavor,
- dislike,
- dissatisfaction,
- hardness,
- harshness,
- hex,
- hoodoo,
- impiety,
- irreverence,
- irritant,
- jinx,
- justice,
- nuisance,
- opprobrium,
- penalty,
- pest,
- profanation,
- punishment,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- reprehension,
- repudiation,
- revenge,
- rigor,
- sacrilege,
- severity,
- sternness,
- trial,
- tribulation,
- vengeance,
- Implacability,
- chastening,
- ill.
-
Other antonyms
- care,
- crime,
- foreordination,
- illegality,
- looseness,
- pass,
- pity,
- wrong.
Antonym of the day
waterlogging
- Antonyms:
- dry, pass up, underwhelm.
