blissful

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈblɪsfəl/ UK /ˈblɪsfəl/ See IPA manual

adj

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1

adj
full of or expressing perfect happiness

They spent a blissful afternoon by the lake.

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Synonyms

1 adj · full of or expressing... joyful ecstatic rapturous elated euphoric happy delighted serene

Opposites

miserable wretched sorrowful tormented

Word family

Forms blissfully

Derived forms blissfullyblissfulness

Related forms bliss

Etymology

From bliss + -ful; bliss derives from Old English bliss, bliðs ('joy, gladness'), from Proto-Germanic *blīþsijō, from *blīþaz ('gentle, happy'), the source of blithe.

bliss Old English *blīþaz Proto-Germanic

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# blissful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈblɪsfəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈblɪsfəl

## Meanings
1. full of or expressing perfect happiness

## Examples
- They spent a blissful afternoon by the lake.

## Synonyms
- joyful
- ecstatic
- rapturous
- elated
- euphoric
- happy
- delighted
- serene

## Antonyms
- miserable
- wretched
- sorrowful
- tormented

## Derived Forms
- blissfully
- blissfulness

## Related Forms
- bliss

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bliss
- Root: *blīþaz

## Etymology
From bliss + -ful; bliss derives from Old English bliss, bliðs ('joy, gladness'), from Proto-Germanic *blīþsijō, from *blīþaz ('gentle, happy'), the source of blithe.

## AI Etymology
Blissful is from bliss + -ful; bliss derives from Old English bliss, bliðs ('joy, gladness'), from Proto-Germanic *blīþsijō, from *blīþaz ('gentle, happy'), the source of blithe. In present-day use, it means full of or expressing perfect happiness. Derived formations include blissfully and blissfulness. Related vocabulary includes bliss.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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