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blissful

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Blessed; glorified.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

completely happy and contented

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blissful young lovers
  • in blissful ignorance

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From Middle English blisful, bislvol, equivalent to bliss + -ful.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: блажен (blažen) — full of joy
  • Czech: blažený — full of joy
  • Esperanto: beata — full of joy
  • Finnish: autuas — full of joy
  • French: bienheureux — full of joy
  • Galician: feliz — full of joy
  • German: glückselig — full of joy
  • German: beglückt — full of joy
  • Mongolian: жаргалтай (žargaltaj) — full of joy
  • Occitan: benurós — full of joy
  • Occitan: benaürat — full of joy
  • Occitan: benastrat — full of joy
  • Occitan: benesit — full of joy
  • Polish: błogi — full of joy
  • Russian: блаже́нный (blažénnyj) — full of joy
  • Russian: счастли́вый (sčastlívyj) — full of joy
  • Spanish: dichoso — full of joy
  • Spanish: feliz — full of joy
  • Spanish: maravilloso — full of joy
  • Tocharian B: sākre — full of joy
  • Ottoman Turkish: سرخوش (sarhoş) — full of joy