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unbliss

unbliss noun: the state or condition of blisslessness; unjoy.

Noun

unbliss (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of blisslessness; unjoy.
    • After a year of marital unbliss, we moved from California to Princeton, New Jersey, where we attended graduate school. The Princeton years were actually better than our first year of marriage, but we still needed improvement.2010, Jim Burns, 10 Building Blocks for a Solid Family
    • Gunnar is of this world in the most common way; we see him engaged with his wife in connubial unbliss.2014, William Ian Miller, Why Is Your Axe Bloody?

Origin of unbliss

From un- + bliss.

Questions about unbliss

What does unbliss mean?
Unbliss means the state or condition of blisslessness; unjoy.
What part of speech is unbliss?
Unbliss is a noun.

Words near unbliss in the dictionary

  1. unblinkered
  2. unblinkering
  3. unblinkers
  4. unblinking
  5. unblinkingly
  6. unbliss
  7. unblissful
  8. unblissfully
  9. unblissfulness
  10. unblistered
  11. unblithe

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