C1nounemotions
US/blɪs/
UK/blɪs/
perfect happiness and calm
In context
After a week of exams, sleeping until noon on Saturday was pure bliss.
The couple spent their first months of marriage in a state of bliss.
Some people avoid the news completely, believing that ignorance is bliss.
Words that go with bliss
adjective + noun
- pure blissA glass of iced coffee on a hot afternoon in Saigon is pure bliss.
- marital blissAfter ten years of marital bliss, they still hold hands everywhere they go.
- domestic blissThe magazine photos showed the couple in domestic bliss with their new puppy.
- sheer blissFloating in the warm sea after the long hike was sheer bliss.
- absolute blissTen days at the beach with no work emails was absolute bliss.
noun + preposition
- state of blissSome people say meditation brings them to a calm state of bliss.