bliss

noun

1
: complete happiness
enjoying eternal bliss in heaven
marital bliss
the sheer bliss of an afternoon at the spa
2

Examples of bliss in a Sentence

Relaxing on the porch of our private villa was sheer bliss. the godly life she has lived will surely lead to infinite bliss after death
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But even if life doesn’t bring me back to that little shop in rural England, that bit of bliss can come back to me. Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2025 Her weekends were spent in old warehouses on the outskirts of the city—rooms filled with blaring techno and young Czechs lost in their own transient states of bliss. Puja Patel, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025 All of it brought you equal joy and creative bliss and was led in the moment by deep instinct and creative consciousness. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025 However, despite the popular sentiment that Baltimore City lacks the green space to provide that natural bliss, our city has unique and wide access to parks and recreation that connect us to the environment. Zoe Hiller, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bliss 

Word History

Etymology

Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss; akin to Old English blīthe blithe

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bliss was before the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Bliss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bliss. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

bliss

noun
: complete happiness : joy
blissful
-fəl
adjective
blissfully
-fə-lē
adverb
blissfulness noun

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