bliss en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /blɪs/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Perfect happiness.
The afternoon at the spa was utter bliss.
What can you do if you are thirty and, turning the corner of your own street, you are overcome, suddenly, by a feeling of bliss—absolute bliss!—as though you'd suddenly swallowed a bright piece of that late afternoon sun and it burned in your bosom, sending out a little shower of sparks into every particle, into every finger and toe?
1918 August, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Bliss”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 116:Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, / But to be young was very heaven!
a. 1851, William Wordsworth, “The French Revolution as It Appeared to Enthusiasts at Its Commencement”, in Henry [Hope] Reed, editor, The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Philadelphia, Pa.: Hayes & Zell, […], published 1860, →OCLC, page 188:When they insist on knowing my bliss I tell them this When they want to know what the reason is I only smile when I lie, then I tell them why
1980, Daryl Hall, Janna Allen, “Kiss on My List”, in Voices, performed by Hall & Oates:So who is this saying that money is bliss? Your logic remiss You and the devil about to kiss
2002, CYNE, “Steady”, in Movements:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blisses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bliss point · ignorance is bliss · blissful · bliss ninny · blissed up · blissless · blissen · enbliss · blissdom · blissed · bliss out · embliss · follow one's bliss · blissy · blissome · unbliss
Relateds
Translations (78)
ms kebahagiaan (perfect happiness) · bg блаже́нство (perfect happiness) · cs blaženost (perfect happiness) · mi hākoakoa (perfect happiness) · el μακαριότητα (perfect happiness) · ro euforie (perfect happiness) · es euforia (perfect happiness) · ka განცხრომა (perfect happiness) · tr mutluluk (perfect happiness) · fa سعادت (perfect happiness) · cs blaho (perfect happiness) · fi onni (perfect happiness) · sv lycka (perfect happiness) · be блажэ́нства (perfect happiness) · ang ēad (perfect happiness) · pt júbilo (perfect happiness) · pt êxtase (perfect happiness) · es beatitud (perfect happiness) · th ความผาสุก (perfect happiness) · ar نَعِيم (perfect happiness) · ro extaz (perfect happiness) · fi autuus (perfect happiness) · got 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 (perfect happiness) · ru блаже́нство (perfect happiness) · mi manahau (perfect happiness) · be асало́да (perfect happiness) · eo beateco (perfect happiness) · cu блажєньство (perfect happiness) · de Glück (perfect happiness) · ro beatitudine (perfect happiness) · enm blisse (perfect happiness) · tr gönül rahatlığı (perfect happiness) · ja 至福 (perfect happiness) · es dicha (perfect happiness) · es bienaventuranza (perfect happiness) · es bienandanza (perfect happiness) · ja 幸福 (perfect happiness) · it beatitudine (perfect happiness) · nb lykksalighet (perfect happiness) · cmn 極樂 /极乐 (perfect happiness) · cmn 福佑 (perfect happiness) · eo beato (perfect happiness) · cmn 喜悅 /喜悦 (perfect happiness) · hi आनन्द (perfect happiness) · el ευδαιμονία (perfect happiness) · da lykke (perfect happiness) · es ventura (perfect happiness) · pt bem-aventurança (perfect happiness) · sh блаженство (perfect happiness) · ur آنند (perfect happiness) · uk блаже́нство (perfect happiness) · ka ნეტარება (perfect happiness) · da lyksalighed (perfect happiness) · fr félicité (perfect happiness) · tr erinç (perfect happiness) · de Glückseligkeit (perfect happiness) · be бла́гасць (perfect happiness) · cmn 幸福 (perfect happiness) · sk blaho (perfect happiness) · pl błogostan (perfect happiness) · sl blaženost (perfect happiness) · nl gelukzaligheid (perfect happiness) · grc μακαριότης (perfect happiness) · fr béatitude (perfect happiness) · osx ōd (perfect happiness) · pl błogość (perfect happiness) · tr huzur (perfect happiness) · grc εὐδαιμονία (perfect happiness) · tr dirlik (perfect happiness) · he חֶדְוָה (perfect happiness) · pt gáudio (perfect happiness) · mk блаженство (perfect happiness) · mi mākoakoa (perfect happiness) · sh blaženstvo (perfect happiness) · hu boldogság (perfect happiness) · nl verrukking (perfect happiness) · sk blaženosť (perfect happiness) · sv lycksalighet (perfect happiness)