blissful
Americanadjective
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full of, enjoying, or giving bliss, or sublime happiness.
Recalling their blissful few years together, he knew he would never be as happy with anyone else.
Heroes in ancient Greece could expect a blissful afterlife in the Elysian Fields.
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Often Facetious. not troubled by any hint of discomfort or concern.
From your free-flowing “thought piece,” I see that the finer points of punctuation, spelling, and grammar do not intrude on your sense of blissful ease.
adjective
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serenely joyful or glad
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unawareness or inexperience of something unpleasant
Other Word Forms
- blissfully adverb
- blissfulness noun
- unblissful adjective
- unblissfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of blissful
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English; bliss + -ful; replacing Old English blissig (equivalent to bliss + -y 1 ( def. ) )
Example Sentences
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When it was her turn, Alysa Liu nailed the most blissful program in Olympic history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
I go there every day, and it is the most blissful, centering, connected part of the day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
I ask the members of Saint Etienne what it was about the old ’60s records by Bacharach and Barry that captured their imagination so vividly with their blissful melancholy as a permanent state of being.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
Michelle and John Wylie had a blissful November wedding four years ago at a boutique hotel on the South Ayrshire coast, surrounded by friends, loved ones – and one complete stranger.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
Ignatius chewed with a blissful savagery, studying the scar on the man’s nose and listening to his whistling.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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