mixed blessing

mixed bless·ing

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mikst bles-ing]
- /mɪkst ˈblɛs ɪŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mikst bles-ing]
- /mɪkst ˈblɛs ɪŋ/

Definitions of mixed blessing words

noun mixed blessing something that, although generally favorable or advantageous, has one or more unfavorable or disadvantageous features. 1
noun mixed blessing source of joy and pain 1
noun mixed blessing an event, situation, etc, having both advantages and disadvantages 0

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Origin of mixed blessing

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35

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Parts of speech for Mixed blessing

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Mixed blessing

mixed blessing popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for mixed blessing

noun mixed blessing

pis aller — the last resort or the final resource.

Just one Synonym for mixed blessing

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