1
: full of, marked by, or causing complete happiness
a blissful marriage
2
: happily benighted
blissful ignorance
blissfulness
noun
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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But cracks in their blissful arrangement form when Vitti meets a fortysomething professor at a chamber music concert and becomes infatuated with him.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025
There is a specific phrase for the blissful drowsiness associated with time spent in a heated box (saunanjälkeinen raukeus) and a specific elf (Saunatonttu) thought to live between a sauna’s wall and heating apparatus.
—Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Beyond, two men in straw hats share a skiff, an image of blissful communion.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Location: In Georgetown BOOK NOW Beachside Farmhouse Photo: Courtesy of Airbnb
Kennebunkport has long been a favorite holiday destination in Maine thanks to its blissful waterfront village and historic atmosphere.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025
There is a specific phrase for the blissful drowsiness associated with time spent in a heated box (saunanjälkeinen raukeus) and a specific elf (Saunatonttu) thought to live between a sauna’s wall and heating apparatus.
—Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Beyond, two men in straw hats share a skiff, an image of blissful communion.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Location: In Georgetown BOOK NOW Beachside Farmhouse Photo: Courtesy of Airbnb
Kennebunkport has long been a favorite holiday destination in Maine thanks to its blissful waterfront village and historic atmosphere.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blissful
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“Blissful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blissful. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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