blissful

adjective bliss·ful \ ˈblis-fəl \

Definition of blissful

1 :full of, marked by, or causing complete happiness

a blissful marriage

2 :happily benighted

blissful ignorance

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blissfulness

noun

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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

Check out Mr. and Mrs. Hopper’s Instagram accounts for more photos of their adorable, golden-haired toddler and what appears to be a very blissful life together.

— kara warner, PEOPLE.com, "5 Things to Know About New Game of Thrones Hottie Tom Hopper," 8 Aug. 2017
Morgenstern has a formula for a blissful weekend: PEP—physical, escape, people.

— ellen seidman, Time, "14 Ways to Squeeze More Joy Out of Every Day," 7 Aug. 2017
The most blissful thing is that there's no real time limit on how low your roots can go.

— rachel nussbaum, Glamour, "This Is the Secret to Making Dark Roots Look Intentional," 17 July 2017
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.

— jeffrey lee puckett, The Courier-Journal, "5 things you missed at the Forecastle Festival," 15 July 2017
The blissful track is a collaboration with VANDIT Records artist Pierre Pienaar, from Namibia in southwest Africa.

— david rishty, Billboard, "Paul van Dyk Delivers Euphoric Single 'Stronger Together': Exclusive," 14 July 2017
With beach excursions come blissful downtime, (safe) baking in the sun, and that unbeatable sand-between-your-toes feeling.

— madeline fass, Teen Vogue, "We Talked to Chloe Madison of Rheya, the Body-Positive Swimwear Line That Features No Photoshop," 11 July 2017
David is holding their sleeping 4-month-old son, Brooklyn, and the couple is holding hands and looking totally blissful.

— erin reimel, Glamour, "Victoria and David Beckham Celebrate Their Wedding Anniversary With Some Rare Throwback Pics," 4 July 2017
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.

— caitlin keating, PEOPLE.com, "Christian Musician’s Wife Dies Hours After Giving Birth to Healthy Girl: ‘They Were So in Love,’ Says Friend," 30 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of blissful

see bliss

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First Known Use: 12th century

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blissful Synonyms

Synonyms

glad, chuffed [British], delighted, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, thankful, tickled

Antonyms

displeased, dissatisfied, joyless, sad, unhappy, unpleased, unsatisfied

Related Words

beaming, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, gladsome, lighthearted, sunny, upbeat; gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, smiling; beatific, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, intoxicated, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical); exuberant, exultant, jubilant, rapt, rejoicing, thrilled; hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine

Near Antonyms

abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue, brokenhearted, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, melancholy; doleful, dolorous, lachrymose, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, sorry, woeful; black, dark, desolate, dispirited, gloomy, glum, gray (also grey), grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, miserable, woebegone, wretched

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blissful

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: extremely or completely happy : full of or causing bliss

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