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bliss

Syllabification: (bliss)
Pronunciation: /blis/

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Definition of bliss

noun

  • perfect happiness; great joy:she gave a sigh of bliss
  • a state of spiritual blessedness, typically that reached after death.

verb

[no object]
  • (bliss out or be blissed out) informal reach a state of perfect happiness, typically so as to be oblivious of everything else: [as adjective]:blissed-out hippies

Origin:

Old English blīths, bliss, of Germanic origin; related to blithe

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