blissful
blissful adjective: extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
Adjective
blissful (comparative more blissful, superlative most blissful)
- Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
- 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 - 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,
- Blessed; glorified.
blissful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
blissful in Hindi
- blissful, benign
- मंगलमय maṅgalmay
blissful in Tamil
- மகிழ்ச்சியான, இன்பமான
blissful in Bengali
- পরম সুখী, চরম আনন্দিত, আনন্দময়, সুখের, শান্ত ও নির্ঝঞ্ঝাট
blissful in Malayalam
- പരമാനന്ദമായ
Examples of blissful in a sentence
- My headman cast me in a blissful swoon, His axe cut off my cares from cumbered breast.
- "Seventh Heaven" Kathmandu Temple Kiff (tm); a viripotent cannabis alternative for blissful regressions of vexatious depressions.
- And a blissful Moonie sitting in the seat next to Billy, trying to strike up a conversation.
Synonyms of blissful
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- enrapt
- rapt
- cock-a-hoop
- delighted
- exultant
- filled with happiness
- giddy
- gladsome
- gleeful
- greatly pleased
- joyous
- lighthearted
- over the moon
- thrilled
- walking on air
Antonyms
Forms of blissful
| comparative | more blissful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most blissful |
| alternative form | blissfull |
Origin of blissful
From Middle English blisful, bislvol, equivalent to bliss + -ful.
Words formed from blissful
Questions about blissful
- What does blissful mean?
- Blissful means extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
- What is blissful in Hindi?
- Blissful in Hindi is मंगलमय (maṅgalmay). See Blissful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blissful?
- Blissful is an adjective.
Words near blissful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: blissful (page history and authors); मंगलमय (Hindi) (page history and authors); blissful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blissful (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blissful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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