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
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025
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But their blissful moment is interrupted when a door opens and a young man emerges from one of the adjacent rooms.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
The two relay how their mother’s desire to project blissful domesticity had strained the family well before news of her abuses turned the internet against her.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025
Desert Modernism Architecture Tours Palm Springs proper is a fantastic destination for architecture zealots: Desert Modernism is the prevailing style, a minimalist pastiche of flat or butterfly roofs, open floor plans and a blissful blend of indoor and outdoor spaces.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
But their blissful moment is interrupted when a door opens and a young man emerges from one of the adjacent rooms.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
The two relay how their mother’s desire to project blissful domesticity had strained the family well before news of her abuses turned the internet against her.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blissful
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“Blissful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blissful. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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