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blisslessness

blisslessness noun: absence of bliss; joylessness.

Noun

blisslessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of bliss; joylessness.
    • They're suspicious of anyone who follows a different bliss (their word), and as far as they can tell, Billy has no identifiable bliss. Twice he's been accused of blisslessness.2008, David Gilbert, The Normals: A Novel - Page 41
    • Bliss lies within unlikened blisslessness or so they had thought, Until it came time to end.2013, Stephen Emerson Haire, Made of Water - Page 78

Origin of blisslessness

From blissless + -ness.

Questions about blisslessness

What does blisslessness mean?
Blisslessness means absence of bliss; joylessness.
What part of speech is blisslessness?
Blisslessness is a noun.

Words near blisslessness in the dictionary

  1. blissiest
  2. blissing
  3. blissing out
  4. blissings
  5. blissless
  6. blisslessness
  7. blissom
  8. blissome
  9. blissomed
  10. blissoming
  11. blissoms

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