blissful

bliss·ful

adj \ˈblis-fəl\

Definition of BLISSFUL

1

: full of, marked by, or causing bliss <a blissful marriage>

2

: happily benighted <blissful ignorance>

— bliss·ful·ly \-fə-lē\ adverb

— bliss·ful·ness noun

Examples of BLISSFUL

1. At first, their time together was blissful.
2. He sat there in a blissful state of comfort.
3. a blissful setting for a wedding

First Known Use of BLISSFUL

12th century

Related to BLISSFUL

Synonyms: glad, chuffed [British], delighted, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, thankful, tickled

Antonyms: displeased, dissatisfied, joyless, sad, unhappy, unpleased, unsatisfied

Related Words: beaming, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, gladsome, lighthearted, sunny, upbeat; gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, smiling; beatific, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, intoxicated, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical); exuberant, exultant, jubilant, rapt, rejoicing, thrilled; hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine

Near Antonyms: abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue, brokenhearted, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, melancholy; doleful, dolorous, lachrymose, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, sorry, woeful; black, dark, desolate, dispirited, gloomy, glum, gray (also grey), grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, miserable, woebegone, wretched

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