Antonyms for godsend

Grammar : Noun

Spell : god-send

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɒdˌsɛnd

Definition of godsend

Origin : 1814, "a shipwreck" (from the perspective of people living along the coast), from Middle English Godes sonde (c.1200) "God's messenger; what God sends, gift from God, happening caused by God," from god + Middle English sonde "that which is sent, message," from Old English sand, from sendan (see send (v.)). Sense of "happy chance" is from 1831.

noun gift, benefit

Example sentences :

Decidedly, Dick had been a godsend, and his absence would be a calamity.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

The least of the weapons of the air-fleet would have been a godsend to Thorn and Sylva.
Extract from : « Invasion » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

To have had one ship, even the smallest, where they were would have been a godsend to the fleet.
Extract from : « Invasion » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

I cannot find words to express What a godsend your remedies have been to me.
Extract from : « Treatise on the Diseases of Women » by Lydia E. Pinkham

She's heels to her, and it's a godsend she'll be to us if things go ill.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

It's like a windfall, like a godsend, like an unexpected piece of luck.
Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad

But Petersburg was dull just now; and his behavior had been a godsend to the salons.
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

This was built in the spring of 1917, and has been a Godsend to many besides patients.
Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

This was quite a godsend to Barny, and much beyond what he could have hoped for.
Extract from : « Stories of Comedy » by Various

But I've talked with Father Davy and he agrees that it's a godsend.
Extract from : « Under the Country Sky » by Grace S. Richmond

Synonyms for godsend

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