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bliss

 (blĭs)
n.
1. Extreme happiness; ecstasy.
2. The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.
Phrasal Verb:
bliss out Slang
To go into a state of ecstasy.

[Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss, from blīths, from blīthe, joyful; see blithe.]

bliss′ful adj.
bliss′ful·ly adv.
bliss′ful·ness n.
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blissful

(ˈblɪsfʊl)
adj
1. serenely joyful or glad
2. blissful ignorance unawareness or inexperience of something unpleasant
ˈblissfully adv
ˈblissfulness n
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bliss•ful

(ˈblɪs fəl)

adj.
full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
[1175–1225]
bliss′ful•ly, adv.
bliss′ful•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.blissful - completely happy and contentedblissful - completely happy and contented; "blissful young lovers"; "in blissful ignorance"
happy - enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"
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blissful

adjective
1. delightful, pleasing, satisfying, heavenly (informal), enjoyable, gratifying, pleasurable There's nothing more blissful than lying by that pool.
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Translations
هانئٌ، سَعيدٌ، مُبْتَهِجٌ
blaženýšťastný
lyksalig
igen boldog
sæluríkur; sæll
blažený

blissful

[ˈblɪsfʊl] ADJ
1. (= happy) → dichoso
in blissful ignorancefeliz en la ignorancia
2. (= wonderful) → maravilloso, estupendo
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blissful

[ˈblɪsfʊl] adj (= happy) [event, day] → merveilleux/euse; [situation, period] → merveilleux/euse; [smile] → de bonheur
a blissful sigh → un soupir d'aise
in blissful ignorance → dans une ignorance béate
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blissful

adj timeherrlich, paradiesisch; respite alsowohltuend; feeling alsowonnig; happinesshöchste(s); state, look, smile(glück)selig; momentsselig; in blissful ignorance of the facts (iro)in herrlicher Ahnungslosigkeit; in blissful ignorance of the fact that … (iro)in keinster Weise ahnend, dass …
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blissful

[ˈblɪsfʊl] adj (event, day) → stupendo/a, meraviglioso/a; (smile) → beato/a
in blissful ignorance → nella (più) beata ignoranza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bliss

(blis) noun
very great happiness. the bliss of a young married couple.
ˈblissful adjective
ˈblissfully adverb
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References in classic literature ?
A summer on the loftiest height, with cold fountains and blissful stillness: oh, come, my friends, that the stillness may become more blissful!
Nor could you wonder had you witnessed a recent experience of mine when, in the armor of blissful and stupendous ignorance, I gaily narrated the gist of it to a Fellow of the Royal Geological Society on the occasion of my last trip to London.
He thought of his childhood, left far far behind-- That blissful and innocent state-- The sound so exactly recalled to his mind A pencil that squeaks on a slate!
That mist which covers everything in that blissful time when childhood is just ending, and out of that vast circle, happy and gay, there is a path growing narrower and narrower, and it is delightful and alarming to enter the ballroom, bright and splendid as it is....
When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there-- in sunny weather--stretched at full length, asleep and blissful, with her furry belly to the sun and a paw curved over her nose.
Rostov himself, his legs well back and his stomach drawn in and feeling himself one with his horse, rode past the Emperor with a frowning but blissful face "like a vewy devil," as Denisov expressed it.
The old man chuckled in a pleased way, rolled Jerry's parched body into the water, and, keeping his head above the surface, rubbed the water into his dry skin and let him lie there for long blissful minutes.
Direct against which op'nd from beneath, Just o're the blissful seat of Paradise, A passage down to th' Earth, a passage wide, Wider by farr then that of after-times Over Mount SION, and, though that were large, Over the PROMIS'D LAND to God so dear, By which, to visit oft those happy Tribes, On high behests his Angels to and fro Pass'd frequent, and his eye with choice regard From PANEAS the fount of JORDANS flood To BEERSABA, where the HOLY LAND Borders on AEGYPT and the ARABIAN shoare; So wide the op'ning seemd, where bounds were set To darkness, such as bound the Ocean wave.
Summary: New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): It has been 34 blissful years of marriage for Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher and the 'A Wednesday' actor made sure to wish his wife in the most adorable way possible.
LAHORE -- Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has congratulated the Muslim nation on the blissful start of the holy month of Ramadan.
One lucky Mum who receives a Mother's Day message will be selected at random to win a relaxing spa day with a Blissful Facial for two.
Malacanang on Wednesday lamented the 'blissful ignorance' and 'pretended misinformation' of critics of the proposed measure lowering the minimum age of criminal liability to nine years old.