bliss (noun)

  • 1bliss — ► NOUN 1) perfect happiness; great joy. 2) a state of spiritual blessedness. ► VERB (bliss out or be blissed out) informal ▪ be in a state of perfect happiness, oblivious to everything else. ORIGIN Old English, related to BLITHE(Cf. ↑ …

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  • 2bliss — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure, sheer, total ▪ The first six months of marriage were sheer bliss. ▪ domestic ▪ romantic ▪ …

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  • 3bliss — [ blıs ] noun uncount complete happiness: marital bliss Two weeks just lying on a hot beach. What bliss! …

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  • 4bliss´ful|ness — bliss|ful «BLIHS fuhl», adjective. supremely happy; joyful: »We have blissful memories of a summer vacation. SYNONYM(S): delightful, ecstatic, enraptured. –bliss´ful|ly, adverb. –bliss´ful|ness, noun …

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  • 5bliss´ful|ly — bliss|ful «BLIHS fuhl», adjective. supremely happy; joyful: »We have blissful memories of a summer vacation. SYNONYM(S): delightful, ecstatic, enraptured. –bliss´ful|ly, adverb. –bliss´ful|ness, noun …

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  • 6bliss|ful — «BLIHS fuhl», adjective. supremely happy; joyful: »We have blissful memories of a summer vacation. SYNONYM(S): delightful, ecstatic, enraptured. –bliss´ful|ly, adverb. –bliss´ful|ness, noun …

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  • 7bliss — noun perfect happiness. ↘a state of spiritual blessedness. verb (bliss out or be blissed out) informal be in a state of perfect happiness, oblivious to everything else. Origin OE blīths, bliss, of Gmc origin; related to blithe …

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  • 8bliss — noun (U) perfect happiness or enjoyment: wedded bliss | I didn t have to get up till 11 it was sheer bliss …

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  • 9bliss — noun 1) she gave a sigh of bliss Syn: joy, happiness, pleasure, delight, ecstasy, elation, rapture, euphoria See note at rapture Ant: misery 2) …

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  • 10bliss — noun Etymology: Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss; akin to Old English blīthe blithe Date: before 12th century 1. complete happiness 2. paradise, heaven …

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