blissful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English blisful, bislvol, equivalent to bliss + -ful.
Meanings
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Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
She ... led a blissful life, unconscious of want, care, or bad weather, while she sat safe and happy in an imaginary world.
1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 27, in Little Women:In pleasing dreams the blissful age renew, And call Britannia's glories back to view;
1738, Samuel Johnson, London: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal, lines 25–26:New England carvers between the 1720s and the 1750s transformed, step by step, the winged skull into the winged face, adding flesh to bare bone and turning the toothy grin of death into the blissful smile of a saved soul.
1983, James Hijiya, “American Gravestones and Attitudes toward Death: A Brief History,”, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 127, number 5, page 349:
- (obsolete) Blessed; glorified.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more blissful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| blissfull | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most blissful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
sad · bummed out · down · discontented · depressed · unhappy · sorrowful · grieving · blue
Deriveds
unblissful · blissfulness · blissfully
Hypernyms
Relateds
cloud nine · pleasure · seventh heaven · thrill
Synonyms
euphoric · elated · cock-a-hoop · filled with happiness · rapturous · gladsome · orgasmic · ecstatic · lighthearted · over the moon · thrilled · overjoyed · greatly pleased · rapt · gleeful · enrapt · air-headed · joyful · walking on air · joyous · giddy · on cloud nine · blissed out · delighted · blissful · exultant
Translations (21)
ru счастли́вый (full of joy) · de beglückt (full of joy) · eo beata (full of joy) · fi autuas (full of joy) · txb sākre (full of joy) · pl błogi (full of joy) · bg блажен (full of joy) · gl feliz (full of joy) · cs blažený (full of joy) · de glückselig (full of joy) · ota سرخوش (full of joy) · mn жаргалтай (full of joy) · es dichoso (full of joy) · oc benastrat (full of joy) · es maravilloso (full of joy) · es feliz (full of joy) · oc benesit (full of joy) · oc benurós (full of joy) · fr bienheureux (full of joy) · oc benaürat (full of joy) · ru блаже́нный (full of joy)