bliss

noun

ˈblis How to pronounce bliss (audio)
Definition of blissnext
1
as in sky
a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death the godly life she has lived will surely lead to infinite bliss after death

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2
as in joy
a feeling or state of well-being and contentment the enviable bliss of a happily married couple

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Recent Examples of bliss Shopping The Best Bed Sheets Feel Like a Dream Come True Find your bliss between layers of cooling cotton, breezy linen, or silky-smooth sateen By Kristi Kellogg Celebrity Style Where Does Tom Hanks Live? — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 18 Feb. 2025 Spend the rest of your time in romantic bliss by lounging by the tropical pool, strolling the tropical garden, sailing on a sunset sail, and hiking to the top of the legendary Sweetheart Rock (PuuPehe) for sunset. — Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025 Sequestered in perpetual comfort, this is where Cal is living in boring bliss before he’s found in a pool of blood at the foot of his bed. — Gqlshare, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025 There, the two women reunite as wedding bliss gives way to murder and betrayal. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bliss
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  1. sky
  2. joy
  3. heaven
  4. happiness
  5. paradise
Noun
  • Tens of millions more in New Zealand and parts of Africa, Europe, and Russia could take in the sky show too.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
  • At the airport in Milan, sheets of rain fell from gunmetal skies.
    — Gina DeCaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2025
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  • But as one top seed was declared, then another, then another, a different feeling crept over the group than the joy that filled the room this time last year.
    — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
  • That idea—of a grand continuum, in which the circumstances change but all of our big human feelings (heartache, joy, unease, panic, contentment) remain the same, across time and vast distances—felt germane to her new songs.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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  • Giant old growth conifers rise towards the heavens while thick ferns and mosses blanket the forest floor, all combining to dampen sound.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Typically, missions surveying the heavens have wide fields of view but at only a handful of individual or groups of wavelengths of light.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of heaven
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  • Stephanie Harrison is the founder of The New Happy, an organization advancing a new philosophy of happiness.
    — Stephanie Harrison, Contributor, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2025
  • For much of her youth, Natalie, 38, of New York, wasn't sure what happiness looked like for her.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of happiness
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  • Caribbean countries have long enticed business leaders and investors seeking their slice of island paradise.
    — Jean Francois Harvey, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • That all changes today, with the news that Corona Island, as the tropical paradise is officially known, is officially open to the public.
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
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