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bliss
1[ blis ]
noun
- supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
wedded bliss.
Antonyms: misery
- Theology. the joy of heaven.
- heaven; paradise:
the road to eternal bliss.
- Archaic. a cause of great joy or happiness.
Bliss
2[ blis ]
noun
- Sir Arthur (Edward Drummond), 1891–1975, English composer.
- Tas·ker [tas, -ker] Howard, 1853–1930, U.S. general.
bliss
1/ blɪs /
noun
- perfect happiness; serene joy
- the ecstatic joy of heaven
Bliss
2/ blɪs /
noun
- BlissSir Arthur18911975MBritishMUSIC: composer Sir Arthur . 1891–1975, British composer; Master of the Queen's Musick (1953–75). His works include the Colour Symphony (1922), film and ballet music, and a cello concerto (1970)
Derived Forms
- ˈblissless, adjective
Other Words From
- blissless adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bliss1
Idioms and Phrases
- bliss out, Slang.
- to experience bliss or euphoria:
Just give them some bean sprouts and a little tofu and they bliss out.
- to cause to become blissful or euphoric:
a recording guaranteed to bliss out every Mozart fan.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Patchy adoption of sprawling tree planting plans may not lead to the cooling bliss we desire in urban places.
Sorry, flight attendants, gaming managers and bartenders, but your chances at marital bliss are the worst of any professions.
While Vogue details the choice as, “really weird” this selection is seemingly aimed to bring a sense of bliss in a time period filled with consistent turmoil.
Nominated for Best Product Launch Campaign, the company continued to innovate by working with Bliss on the brand’s new Clear Genius product line.
The idea for this dish came to me over the summer during one of those moments of pure bliss that seems suspended in time.
Consider it a coffee table book for edgy rock fans who bliss out on something stronger than coffee.
Most of the Atari employees I saw projected an aura of almost delirious bliss.
Bliss walked in front of Roberts with a tiny GoPro camera hidden in the back of his shirt.
Fort Bliss was shot in just 21 days, with the crew, Monaghan says, “running and gunning, literally.”
Another one of those meaty roles is that of Maggie Swann, the woman at the heart of Fort Bliss.
Here they were more wary and more fortunate, and Isabel took a curious pleasure in watching the manifest bliss of her companion.
The very next day he burst in upon me in a state of bliss bordering on mania.
She could picture at that moment no greater bliss on earth than possession of the beloved one.
The bliss of lovers is so unstable, that in every case lovers have more woes than the moon has changes.
Heaven's pathway stands unobstructed, which will lead us into a Paradise of bliss.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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