nirvana
- noun
- /nɪrˈvɑːnə/
- After years of hard work, she finally achieved nirvana and felt a deep sense of bliss and contentment.
- reach nirvana
- pure nirvana
- shopping nirvana
So you are living in a Nirvana of beer today.
- So you are living in a Nirvana of beer today.
- There's incredible Nirvana in this moment.
- But we are looking for that, that that bliss, that Nirvana within our love relationships.
Examples
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This school was as close as I had gotten to library technology nirvana.
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There's incredible Nirvana in this moment.
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So you are living in a Nirvana of beer today.
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A place that is nirvana until someone gets sick.
Blog text (12) -
It's not nirvana, but it works for me.
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I had come halfway around the world to learn that I am alive and that life is the nirvana it seeks.
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And when you're truly present, that's nirvana.
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They must have thought that they'd found nirvana.
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To find out for sure, Tori and Grant touch down in nerd Nirvana.
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But for investors like you and me, a world like that—where everything makes sense—is a financial Nirvana.
Blog text (13)
Synonyms
A calm, quiet feeling in your mind without worry
A very happy and peaceful state
A place or state of perfect happiness and peace
A complete feeling of great happiness and peace
A calm, peaceful feeling without worry
A calm, peaceful feeling you have when you relax and focus
An imagined perfect place where people live together happily
A place or situation someone hopes will bring them happiness after a long struggle
An imaginary perfect, peaceful place where people feel very happy and safe
A deep calm feeling like being in heaven
A calm, quiet feeling with no worry
A very beautiful place where people feel happy and peaceful
A feeling of complete happiness
A feeling of complete happiness and calm
A state of complete happiness and calm
A place or state that has great happiness and peace
A state of complete spiritual happiness often felt in meditation
A very peaceful, happy feeling in quiet moments
A strong feeling of complete peace and happiness
A deep feeling of calm and perfect happiness for one person
A state of complete spiritual understanding with deep wisdom and compassion
A state of complete spiritual awakening and freedom from rebirth
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Etymology
The word nirvana was taken from the Sanskrit nirvāṇa, made of nir- 'out' and vāṇa 'blow', which makes you think of worries being 'blown out'. So people call a spa, a quiet cabin, or any place of complete calm a nirvana, meaning a state of perfect happiness and peace.