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Definition of blissful adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

blissful

adjective
 
/ˈblɪsfl/
 
/ˈblɪsfl/
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  1. extremely happy; showing happiness
    • We spent three blissful weeks away from work.
    • a blissful smile
    Synonyms happyhappysatisfied ▪ content ▪ contented ▪ joyful ▪ blissfulThese words all describe feeling, showing or giving pleasure.happy feeling, showing or giving pleasure; satisfied with something or not worried about it:
    • a happy marriage/​memory/​childhood
    • I said I’d go, just to keep him happy.
    satisfied pleased because you have achieved something or because something has happened as you wanted it to; showing this:
    • She’s never satisfied with what she’s got.
    • a satisfied smile
    content [not before noun] happy and satisfied with what you have:
    • I’m perfectly content just to lie in the sun.
    contented happy and comfortable with what you have; showing this:
    • a contented baby
    • a long contented sigh
     content or contented?Being contented depends more on having a comfortable life; being content can depend more on your attitude to your life: you can learn to be content with something by changing your attitude to it. People or animals can be contented but only people can be content.joyful (rather formal) very happy; making people very happyblissful making people very happy; showing this happiness:
    • three blissful weeks away
    joyful or blissful?Joy is a livelier feeling; bliss is more peaceful.Patterns
    • happy/​satisfied/​content/​contented with something
    • a happy/​satisfied/​contented/​blissful smile
    • a happy/​joyful occasion/​celebration
    • to feel happy/​satisfied/​content/​contented/​joyful
    • very/​perfectly/​quite happy/​satisfied/​content/​contented
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBlissful is used with these nouns:
    • ignorance
    • moment
    • unconsciousness
    • …
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Idioms
blissful ignorance
  1. the state of not knowing about something and so being unable to worry about it
    • We preferred to remain in blissful ignorance of what was going on.
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