bliss

Everyday

1. Perfect happiness and calm joy. tree →
2. Something that gives you great pleasure («This bath is bliss!»). tree →
3. (church) In Christian writing, the perfect happiness of heaven that Christians believe God gives. tree →

In the lessons

A feeling word used in stories, poems and everyday talk to show someone is completely happy and relaxed. Phrases: «pure bliss», «sheer bliss», «wedded bliss», «ignorance is bliss» (it can feel easier not to know something bad). In The Wind in the Willows the Mole feels bliss on his first day on the river.

Examples

• Lying on the warm sand was pure bliss. tree →
• After the long walk, a cup of hot chocolate was bliss. tree →
• The Mole sat in the boat in a state of bliss. tree →
• A day with no homework is bliss! tree →
• The baby slept in bliss after her feed. tree →
• «Ignorance is bliss,» said Dad when I asked about the bill. tree →
• The hymn spoke of the bliss of heaven. tree →
• “George, George!” she cried when she could speak; and Mr. Darling woke to share her bliss, and Nana came rushing in. tree →

Note

Uncountable: say «bliss», not «a bliss» or «blisses». Adjective: blissful; adverb: blissfully («blissfully unaware» = happily not knowing). Do not mix up with «blister» (a sore bubble on the skin).

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The psalmist says that being close to God brings joy and pleasure forever. Tradition reads this as the highest happiness, nearness to God. In the primary lessons: A feeling word used in stories, poems and everyday talk to show someone is completely happy and relaxed. Phrases: «pure bliss», «sheer bliss», «wedded bliss», «ignorance is bliss» (it can feel easier not to know something bad). In The Wind in the Willows the Mole feels bliss on his first day on the river.

Examples

• Thou makest me to know the path of life; in Thy presence is fulness of joy, in Thy right hand bliss for evermore. (Writings PSA.16.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Uncountable: say «bliss», not «a bliss» or «blisses». Adjective: blissful; adverb: blissfully («blissfully unaware» = happily not knowing). Do not mix up with «blister» (a sore bubble on the skin).