Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Extreme happiness; ecstasy.
- noun The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Blitheness; gladness; lightness of heart.
- noun The highest degree of happiness, especially spiritual joy; perfect felicity; supreme delight; blessedness: often, specifically, the joy of heaven.
- noun Synonyms Felicity, Blessedness, etc. (see
happiness ), transport, rapture, ecstasy, blissfulness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun perfect
happiness
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of extreme happiness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Our bliss, as far as the term bliss applies to a slave's situation, was now complete in this respect, for a season; for never had we been so pleasantly situated before; but, reader, behold its cruel termination.
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If this propaganda bliss is anything like their last one:
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Every time I visited, I purchased a little paper cone of goodies — Kätzchen and other varieties, some süß, some salzig — and wandered and munched in bliss for hours.
Süß und salzig 2009
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I was in bliss until the wife and kids won over about 8 years ago.
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I know so many people who are only in bliss when they are miserable.
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Only the personal world of domestic bliss is real.
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I was in bliss until the wife and kids won over about 8 years ago.
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Every time I visited, I purchased a little paper cone of goodies — Kätzchen and other varieties, some süß, some salzig — and wandered and munched in bliss for hours.
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Instead, when my heartis burdened by tragedy or in bliss reaching new milestones my penflows in flurries, in agile verse, in melodic turns and phrases.
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What do you do when following your bliss is financially scary?
Tew's Day! mer_moon 2009
brtom commented on the word bliss
The wildest largest passions, bliss that is utmost, sorrow that is utmost, become him well—pride is for him ...
Whitman, "In Sing the Body Electric"
December 11, 2006
schmerle commented on the word bliss
Its more than just carnal.
August 1, 2007
skipvia commented on the word bliss
Sitting around the just-decorated tree listening to Christmas music with a cup of hot chocolate as it's snowing outside.
December 16, 2008
Telofy commented on the word bliss
"Ignorance is bliss." -- Cypher, Matrix
December 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word bliss
Ho ho, Mr Ass Itch!
December 16, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bliss
*wonders for the umpteenth time if it's worth the fuss of putting up a Christmas tree*
December 16, 2008
yarb commented on the word bliss
Of course it is! What fuss, anyway? I love xmas trees.
December 17, 2008
skipvia commented on the word bliss
I love the whole mythos of Christmas, in the true sense of mythology. It's a time out of time that recreates the world for me. It's probably the only ritual in which I actively participate. The tree--probably through some long-forgotten genetic pagan memory--is essential to that recreation.
I'm not a Christian, by the way. But I do love the music.
December 17, 2008
whichbe commented on the word bliss
The winter solstice is (not-so-coincidentally) nearly the same day (in 2008 it's December 21st). I associate this as the 'peak' of winter, the 'death'/clean-up part of the yearly seasonal cycle process. I wonder... is it the end, or the creation, or a moment of culmination and reflection? Caught in the swooping katabatic while in slow transit last night, it occurred to me that perhaps since destruction will inevitably bring of something new, it's all creation.
December 17, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bliss
skip, I'm the same way re: Christmas. But I think Christmas trees are actually kinda Christian--at least on the surface. Something to do with St. Francis in the 12th-13th century.... But everything else that's pagan and mid-wintery and earth-before-time about it--that's what I love.
I'll think about putting up a tree this year. *sigh*
December 17, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bliss
Put up the tree. You're a bear, after all. :-)
December 17, 2008
skipvia commented on the word bliss
For folks living in the far north, winter solstice is a big deal. From that point until mid-June, you are gaining daylight. Definitely an element of re-creation there.
December 17, 2008
Louises commented on the word bliss
bliss defies description, obviously, since it annihilates you, since you're not there to experience it. You get the lead-up and the come-down, never the zenith. We went to the place. We came back - spoiled, made ruined addicts at a stroke. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
March 18, 2012