bliss

bliss

noun \ˈblis\

Definition of BLISS

1

: complete happiness

2

: paradise, heaven

Examples of BLISS

1. Relaxing on the porch of our private villa was sheer bliss.
2. <the godly life she has lived will surely lead to infinite bliss after death>

Origin of BLISS

Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss; akin to Old English blīthe blithe

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to BLISS

Synonyms: above, heaven, elysian fields, Elysium, empyrean, kingdom come, New Jerusalem, paradise, sky, Zion (also Sion)

Antonyms: Gehenna, hell, Pandemonium, perdition

Related Words: Beulah, glory, happy hunting ground, nirvana, promised land, Valhalla; afterlife, afterworld, hereafter, otherworld

Near Antonyms: inferno; limbo, purgatory; hades, netherworld, underworld; abyss, pit

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Rhymes with BLISS

bis, bris, cis, cuisse, dis, Dis, hiss, kiss, miss, sis, Swiss, this, vis, wis