Meaning & use
blissed
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Meaning
adjectivenot comparableinformal
Extremely happy, relaxed, and free from worry, often because of a pleasant experience.
Grammar: Used mainly in the fixed phrase 'blissed out' after a linking verb: She was blissed out.
Patterns
- blissed out
- feel blissed out
- be blissed out on something
After the massage, she lay on the sofa looking completely blissed out.
He came home from the retreat blissed out and calm.
They spent the afternoon blissed out on the beach, listening to the waves.
Common combinations
- blissed out
- The whole class was blissed out after the meditation session.
- totally blissed out
- He looked totally blissed out after his long bath.
- blissed out on something
- She was blissed out on sunshine and good music.
Synonyms and how they differ
- ecstatic
- Much stronger and more formal; it suggests intense excitement, not calm relaxation.
- serene
- Describes a calm, peaceful state; it does not suggest the dreamy happiness that 'blissed out' does.
- blissful
- The standard adjective meaning full of happiness; 'blissed' is a slangy, colloquial alternative.
Opposites
Word family
- bliss noun
- Perfect happiness; the base noun from which 'blissed' comes.
- blissful adjective
- Full of or giving great happiness.
- blissfully adverb
- In a happy, carefree way; often used before 'unaware'.
Commonly confused: blissed or blessed?
blissed vs blessed
'Blessed' means holy or fortunate and is pronounced /ˈblesɪd/ in religious use; 'blissed' is slang for extremely relaxed and happy.
Practice
Choose the best sentence using 'blissed'.
Choose one answer.
'Blissed out' is the fixed informal phrase meaning extremely relaxed and happy. 'Blessed out' is not a standard phrase, 'bliss out' is the wrong form after 'was', and the last option breaks the fixed word order.
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