Meaning & use

bliss

noun·Academic

Perfect happiness or great joy; a state of complete contentment and peace.

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Lying on the beach with nothing to do felt like pure bliss.

For the newlyweds, the first weeks of marriage were a period of bliss.

A note on using this word

Bliss is uncountable and often appears in the phrase 'ignorance is bliss', meaning not knowing about a problem can feel more pleasant than knowing.

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