as in thankful
experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight
a blissful cat who obviously loves being stroked
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Recent Examples of blissful
Don’t get too excited—we’re not talking about the blissful kind of massage that involves four hands, hot stones, or Enya.
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Meirav Devash, Allure, 31 Mar. 2025
But cracks in their blissful arrangement form when Vitti meets a fortysomething professor at a chamber music concert and becomes infatuated with him.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025
There is a specific phrase for the blissful drowsiness associated with time spent in a heated box (saunanjälkeinen raukeus) and a specific elf (Saunatonttu) thought to live between a sauna’s wall and heating apparatus.
—Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Beyond, two men in straw hats share a skiff, an image of blissful communion.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
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Meirav Devash, Allure, 31 Mar. 2025
But cracks in their blissful arrangement form when Vitti meets a fortysomething professor at a chamber music concert and becomes infatuated with him.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025
There is a specific phrase for the blissful drowsiness associated with time spent in a heated box (saunanjälkeinen raukeus) and a specific elf (Saunatonttu) thought to live between a sauna’s wall and heating apparatus.
—Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Beyond, two men in straw hats share a skiff, an image of blissful communion.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blissful
Adjective
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There’s so much to be thankful for, including these memes.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
1 June 2025
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That cover, however, came and went without a big blowup; Musk is now on the outs, but his exit missive on Wednesday was thankful, and Trump supposedly still has affection for him.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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During the holocaust [sic] our grandparents would have been delighted if people in the free world had stood up for them.—
Ben Sales,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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The Burruss shared multiple images of her and the gang exploring the Great Wall of China and being delighted tourists.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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When a match goes really well — i.e. when the couple gets engaged, the ballyhooed happy ending of all romances, naturally — a bar cart is rolled out and all the young matchmakers gather around each other and cheer for their good fortune, and for the seeming success of love itself.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 June 2025
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What if starlets like Spears were not happy collaborators in a patriarchal order but scapegoats who had been exploited for profit, pushed to the brink by an insatiable audience, and forced to bear the misogynistic projections of an entire country?—
Dayna Tortorici,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Sporty types will be satisfied with a variety of activities to partake in–from tennis to petanque to pilates and yoga or boxing with a boxing champion—while those looking to relax can hide away in the luxurious Valmont spa or wind down with a drink by one of the property’s two pools.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
8 June 2025
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Increasingly, organizations are contending with workforces that feel less than satisfied with their circumstances.—
Stephen M. Paskoff,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Your employer will be glad to concede, especially since finding available AI talent is hard to come by. 2.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Investors appeared glad that Musk would be pivoting away from his involvement in politics to refocus on his companies, pushing up shares of the electric vehicle company nearly 7% Tuesday.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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At Palms Middle School, a public campus on the Westside of Los Angeles, the Trump administration's aggressive immigration crackdown in nation's second-largest city loomed large over an otherwise joyous middle school commencement ceremony on June 10.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
12 June 2025
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The joyous event raised $1.1 million to support exhibitions, educational programs, and the preservation of the permanent collection of the oldest museum in the United States dedicated to Latino art and culture.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The same dog who once could barely walk now bounds across the shelter yard with joyful energy.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Handmade Affirmation Cards The most straightforward way to send yourself a joyful message is through a positive affirmation, and the ones that resonate the most are highly personal.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 June 2025
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“Blissful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blissful. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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