Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Extreme happiness; ecstasy.
- n. The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.
- bliss out Slang To go into a state of ecstasy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Blitheness; gladness; lightness of heart.
- n. The highest degree of happiness, especially spiritual joy; perfect felicity; supreme delight; blessedness: often, specifically, the joy of heaven.
- n. Synonyms Felicity, Blessedness, etc. (see happiness), transport, rapture, ecstasy, blissfulness.
Wiktionary
- n. perfect happiness
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a state of extreme happiness
Etymologies
- Old English bliss. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss, from blīths, from blīthe, joyful; see blithe. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Our bliss, as far as the term bliss applies to a slave's situation, was now complete in this respect, for a season; for never had we been so pleasantly situated before; but, reader, behold its cruel termination.”
“If this propaganda bliss is anything like their last one:”
“Instead, when my heartis burdened by tragedy or in bliss reaching new milestones my penflows in flurries, in agile verse, in melodic turns and phrases.”
“I was in bliss until the wife and kids won over about 8 years ago.”
“What do you do when following your bliss is financially scary?”
“Only the personal world of domestic bliss is real.”
“Every time I visited, I purchased a little paper cone of goodies — Kätzchen and other varieties, some süß, some salzig — and wandered and munched in bliss for hours.”
“I know so many people who are only in bliss when they are miserable.”
“I want to experience every elation, every sadness, every quixotic moment in bliss because it is what life is made of.”
“He had his arm draped over her and an expression of bliss, winning the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, and on Monday night dining with the Queen of England at the White House.”
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for bliss.
Louises bliss defies description, obviously, since it annihilates you, since you're not there to experience it. You get the lead-up and the come-down, never the zenith. We went to the place. We came back - spoiled, made ruined addicts at a stroke. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan. Mar 18, 2012
skipvia For folks living in the far north, winter solstice is a big deal. From that point until mid-June, you are gaining daylight. Definitely an element of re-creation there. Dec 17, 2008
reesetee Put up the tree. You're a bear, after all. :-) Dec 17, 2008
chained_bear skip, I'm the same way re: Christmas. But I think Christmas trees are actually kinda Christian--at least on the surface. Something to do with St. Francis in the 12th-13th century.... But everything else that's pagan and mid-wintery and earth-before-time about it--that's what I love.
I'll think about putting up a tree this year. *sigh* Dec 16, 2008
whichbe The winter solstice is (not-so-coincidentally) nearly the same day (in 2008 it's December 21st). I associate this as the 'peak' of winter, the 'death'/clean-up part of the yearly seasonal cycle process. I wonder... is it the end, or the creation, or a moment of culmination and reflection? Caught in the swooping katabatic while in slow transit last night, it occurred to me that perhaps since destruction will inevitably bring of something new, it's all creation. Dec 16, 2008
skipvia I love the whole mythos of Christmas, in the true sense of mythology. It's a time out of time that recreates the world for me. It's probably the only ritual in which I actively participate. The tree--probably through some long-forgotten genetic pagan memory--is essential to that recreation.
I'm not a Christian, by the way. But I do love the music. Dec 16, 2008
yarb Of course it is! What fuss, anyway? I love xmas trees. Dec 16, 2008
chained_bear *wonders for the umpteenth time if it's worth the fuss of putting up a Christmas tree* Dec 16, 2008
bilby Ho ho, Mr Ass Itch! Dec 16, 2008
Telofy "Ignorance is bliss." -- Cypher, Matrix Dec 16, 2008
skipvia Sitting around the just-decorated tree listening to Christmas music with a cup of hot chocolate as it's snowing outside. Dec 16, 2008
schmerle Its more than just carnal. Aug 1, 2007
brtom The wildest largest passions, bliss that is utmost, sorrow that is utmost, become him well—pride is for him ...
Whitman, "In Sing the Body Electric" Dec 11, 2006