bliss

bliss · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Perfect happiness; great joy.

  2. 2.

    The joy of heaven; spiritual ecstasy.

  3. 3.

    Something providing complete happiness.

  4. 4.

    (Usually with "out") Experience great happiness; be blissfully unaware.

Phrases & expressions

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    ignorance is bliss — Not knowing is sometimes better.
  • •
    wedded bliss — Marital happiness.
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    blissed out — In a state of complete contentment.
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    domestic bliss — Happiness at home.
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    bliss point — The optimal amount of something.

Related words

Antonyms: agony, despair, misery
See also: ecstasy, happiness, joy, rapture
Synonyms: ecstasy, joy, rapture

Etymology

From Old English bliss, bliðs ("bliss, joy, happiness"), related to bliþe ("blithe, merry").