1
: full of, marked by, or causing complete happiness
a blissful marriage
2
: happily benighted
blissful ignorance
blissfulness
noun
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Examples of blissful in a Sentence
At first, their time together was blissful.
He sat there in a blissful state of comfort.
a blissful setting for a wedding
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Murphy is now closing in on 200 senior appearances for Newcastle which isn’t bad, all things considered, and the last blissful month has only served to reinforce an old truism that the best teams are not always formed of the players who glitter most.
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George Caulkin, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Tech could make travel so much better, from headphones that block out noise on a loud bus, train or plane to e-readers for easy packing.
Ahead, check out top tech gifts for travelers to make this holiday season and beyond as blissful as an empty TSA line.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
In that blissful blip between Christmas and New Year’s, things tend to finally slow the hell down.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 19 Dec. 2024
Stomach sleepers toe a fine line between a blissful night's rest and waking up with neck, shoulder, or back pain the following day.
—Lindsay Boyers, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024
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George Caulkin, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Tech could make travel so much better, from headphones that block out noise on a loud bus, train or plane to e-readers for easy packing.
Ahead, check out top tech gifts for travelers to make this holiday season and beyond as blissful as an empty TSA line.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
In that blissful blip between Christmas and New Year’s, things tend to finally slow the hell down.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 19 Dec. 2024
Stomach sleepers toe a fine line between a blissful night's rest and waking up with neck, shoulder, or back pain the following day.
—Lindsay Boyers, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Blissful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blissful. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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