Meanings
comparative more blissful · superlative most blissful · alternative blissfull
- Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
In pleasing dreams the blissful age renew, And call Britannia's glories back to view;
1738, Samuel Johnson, London: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal, lines 25–262 more examples
She ... led a blissful life, unconscious of want, care, or bad weather, while she sat safe and happy in an imaginary world.
1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 27, in Little WomenNew England carvers between the 1720s and the 1750s transformed, step by step, the winged skull into the winged face, adding flesh to bare bone and turning the toothy grin of death into the blissful smile of a saved soul.
1983, James Hijiya, “American Gravestones and Attitudes toward Death: A Brief History,”, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 127, number 5, page 349
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecompletely happy and contented
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishblisful
- Englishblissful
From Middle English blisful, bislvol, equivalent to bliss + -ful.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian блажен
- блажен (blažen)full of joy
Czech blažený
- blaženýfull of joy
Esperanto beata
- beatafull of joy
Finnish autuas
- autuasfull of joy
French bienheureux
- bienheureuxfull of joy
German glückselig, beglückt
- glückseligfull of joy
- beglücktfull of joy
Polish błogi
- błogifull of joy
Russian блаже́нный, счастли́вый
- блаже́нный (blažénnyj)full of joy
- счастли́вый (sčastlívyj)full of joy
Spanish dichoso, feliz
- dichosofull of joy
- felizfull of joy
- maravillosofull of joy
Cite this entry
blissful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blissful
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