Blissful
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.
Words to choose between 6
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| warm |
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playful
Fits when delicious or luxurious pleasure invites exaggeration
Not when restrained factual description is needed
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everyday
Fits when active happiness is the main feeling
Not when peaceful completeness should be stressed
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warm
Fits when quiet satisfaction is enough
Not when the pleasure is unusually intense
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formal
Fits when a setting or period seems perfectly pleasant
Not when one person's emotion is described
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literary
rapturous
Fits when intense expressive joy is visible
Not when the mood is hushed and restful
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literary
Fits when calm freedom from disturbance leads
Not when happiness must remain explicit
Opposites 3
- miserable
- troubled
- restless
Common phrases 3
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blissful peace
Blissful peace settled over the campsite after the storm passed.
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blissful afternoon
They spent a blissful afternoon reading beneath the pear trees.
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blissful state
Warm water eased the swimmer into a blissful state.
Word family 1
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vininn126, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated