Definition of blissful
1 : full of, marked by, or causing complete happiness a blissful marriage
2 : happily benighted blissful ignorance
blissfulness
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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
Recent Examples of blissful from the Web
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The most blissful thing is that there's no real time limit on how low your roots can go.
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The 2017 Forecastle Festival kicked off with a blistering afternoon followed by a comparatively blissful evening, and in between there was a lot of music.
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The blissful track is a collaboration with VANDIT Records artist Pierre Pienaar, from Namibia in southwest Africa.
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David is holding their sleeping 4-month-old son, Brooklyn, and the couple is holding hands and looking totally blissful.
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For seven blissful hours, Megan Johnson held and fed her newborn baby girl Eilee, who was born at 2:40 a.m., on Tuesday, June 27.
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But during the blissful two-plus hours during which Goodman’s production unfolds, Scott and his cast allow us a rare chance to see with double vision –
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Perhaps Monday was the loveliest of these days, with its dazzling sunshine, picturesque clouds, and blissful absence of uncomfortable atmospheric moisture.
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The creamy frayed mules feel perfect for a blissful day at the beach, while the black platform gladiators seems suitable for the dinner to follow.
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Origin and Etymology of blissful
see bliss
BLISSFUL Defined for English Language Learners
blissful
playDefinition of blissful for English Language Learners
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: extremely or completely happy : full of or causing bliss
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