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blissful
(bliss|ful)
Pronunciation:
/ˈblɪsfʊl, -f(ə)l/
adjective
extremely happy; full of joy:
a blissful couple holding a baby
providing perfect happiness or great joy:
the blissful caress of cool cotton sheets
Phrases
blissful ignorance
complete unawareness of something important or unpleasant:
her blissful ignorance of the politicized academic climate
Derivatives
blissfully
adverb
[
as submodifier
]
:
she was blissfully happy
blissfulness
noun
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