bliss — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

sheer

Watching my children play together in the park was sheer bliss.

domestic

marital, married, wedded

After ten years of marital bliss, they decided to start a family.

PHRASES

sb's idea of bliss

Spending a quiet weekend at home with good books is my idea of bliss.

Definitions

noun

1

Perfect happiness.

The afternoon at the spa was utter bliss.

Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, / But to be young was very heaven!

name

1

An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.

2

A unisex given name from English.

"Mother doesn't seem to especially like her little granddaughter as it is, even named 'Edna Louise'. D'you think she's going to like her better, named 'Bliss' like some sexpot pop star or some Indian-mystic asshole-charlatan?" Betsey winced. "Bliss" was a beautiful name!

3

a programming language used for systems programming primarily on computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. Bliss is a parallel language to C, both being derived from B and BCPL

4

A place in the United States:

5

A place in the United States:

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a state of extreme happiness

blissfulness

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

ignorance is bliss

A lack of knowledge or awareness about certain facts or situations results in happiness or reduced anxiety.

Example Bank

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The afternoon at the spa was utter bliss.

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Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, / But to be young was very heaven!

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03

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 tha

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04

"Mother doesn't seem to especially like her little granddaughter as it is, even named 'Edna Louise'. D'you think she's going to like her better, named 'Bliss' like some sexpot pop star or some Indian-

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05

The bliss was often interrupted by anxiety.

Tatoeba · #263371

06

Ignorance is bliss.

Tatoeba · #276998

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bliss is marked as rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.