bliss
- noun
- /blɪs/
- After a long day at the beach, we sat together watching the sunset, feeling complete bliss.
- a moment of bliss
- a state of bliss
- eternal bliss
The thing I'm hearing is that bliss is your birthright.
- The thing I'm hearing is that bliss is your birthright.
- So in that case, ignorance wasn't bliss, it was confusing as hell.
- There's these moments of happiness, moments of bliss, moments where we feel OK.
- Like I, I think of the bliss involved in being a parent.
- But you go through ups and downs and waves of, of bliss and, and agony.
- Of force accompanied by bliss and deep inner calm.
- And when that kicks in, it's bliss, you know?
- So congratulations to us on seven years of happy domestic bliss and praying.
- Imagine the bliss walking through life with that kind of mindset.
- My escape into bliss was a I'm going to cry.
- We, we, we, we in bliss right now because we set ourselves up.
- So to me, bliss is everything.
- Sometimes those four hours are like such bliss for me.
Examples
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The thing I'm hearing is that bliss is your birthright.
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Well, tell me, Mr. Ferrante, is this your first experience with connubial bliss?
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So to me, bliss is everything.
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I'm full of total confidence, self love and bliss and it feels amazing.
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So congratulations to us on seven years of happy domestic bliss and praying.
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It's a place of pure harmony and bliss.
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I spent the next month in a state of near-bliss, I tell you.
Fiction book (1992) -
Up at the front, Aunt Miriam sang along, an expression of pure bliss on her upraised face.
Fiction book (1991) -
The sensation of wet coolness on his thigh is the bliss he feels when his mother pays attention to him.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ignorance is bliss.
Synonyms
A feeling of pleasure and being satisfied
A strong feeling of great happiness
A place or state of perfect happiness and peace
A thing or feeling that gives great pleasure
A feeling of being happy with what you have
A feeling of very great joy and excitement
A strong feeling of happiness and excitement
A feeling of being happy and satisfied with your life
A strong feeling of great happiness and contentment
A very happy and excited feeling after a big success
A feeling of being happy and pleased
Feeling very happy and excited after something very good happens
A very peaceful happy state with no worry or pain
A deep calm feeling like being in heaven
A feeling of great happiness and joy
A feeling of very great happiness often after prayer or quiet thought
A strong feeling of happiness and excitement
A feeling of complete happiness
Feeling very happy and excited
A feeling of complete happiness and calm
A state of complete happiness and calm
A strong feeling of great joy that people show openly
A strong feeling of great happiness
A very strong feeling of deep happiness
A deep feeling of calm and perfect happiness for one person
A strong feeling of complete peace and happiness
A state of complete spiritual happiness often felt in meditation
A strong feeling of great joy after success
A very large amount of happiness
A strong feeling of happy excitement that makes you smile
A feeling of great happiness and pleasure
A warm feeling of happiness and pleasure inside you
A happy, carefree feeling that makes people cheerful
A simple feeling of happiness from small everyday moments like reading a book
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Etymology
Bliss comes from an old English word that meant 'joy' and is related to the word blithe, which means 'happy' or 'carefree'. So bliss is best remembered as a calm, complete kind of happiness.