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
Recent Examples on the Web
Amid global turmoil that seems to prevail, Paris Fashion Week for Fall Winter 2025 is a blissful escape from the negative news feed.
—
Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Ade stepped away from the room under the guise of a work call for last minute preparations, while Houston was too blissful to suspect anything.
—Megan Pinckney Rutherford, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
Reaching seven hours of blissful, undisturbed sleep could very well involve placing limits on caffeine intake, drinking chamomile tea and averting our eyes from blue light before bedtime.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Both women understood the isolation that comes with being a full-time parent to multiple young children, and the crushing expectation that a mother, especially a Mormon mother, must be perpetually blissful and content.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blissful
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Ade stepped away from the room under the guise of a work call for last minute preparations, while Houston was too blissful to suspect anything.
—Megan Pinckney Rutherford, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
Reaching seven hours of blissful, undisturbed sleep could very well involve placing limits on caffeine intake, drinking chamomile tea and averting our eyes from blue light before bedtime.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Both women understood the isolation that comes with being a full-time parent to multiple young children, and the crushing expectation that a mother, especially a Mormon mother, must be perpetually blissful and content.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blissful
Cite this Entry
“Blissful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blissful. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share