Blissful
adj.joyful, calmwarm
What it means
Filled with complete, untroubled happiness or peaceful pleasure.
Reach for it when describing a person, period, or experience of exceptional contentment
The baby settled into a blissful sleep after the crowded journey.
Choose between these
6- playful
delicious or luxurious pleasure invites exaggeration
not when restrained factual description is needed
- everyday
active happiness is the main feeling
not when peaceful completeness should be stressed
- warm
quiet satisfaction is enough
not when the pleasure is unusually intense
- formal
a setting or period seems perfectly pleasant
not when one person's emotion is described
- literary
rapturous
intense expressive joy is visible
not when the mood is hushed and restful
- literary
calm freedom from disturbance leads
not when happiness must remain explicit
Said against
3- miserable
- troubled
- restless
It naturally appears in
3- blissful peace
Blissful peace settled over the campsite after the storm passed.
- blissful afternoon
They spent a blissful afternoon reading beneath the pear trees.
- blissful state
Warm water eased the swimmer into a blissful state.
The word family
1Where this comes from
- Wiktionary, Adjective sense 1: full of bliss opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
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