Bliss
noun
A state of extreme happiness or joy.
Winning the lottery was a moment of pure bliss for him.
Often appears as...
- pure bliss
- moment of bliss
noun
Heaven or paradise, as in religion.
For believers, the ultimate goal is eternal bliss in heaven.
Often appears as...
- eternal bliss
- heavenly bliss
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Religious
noun
Ignorance of something disturbing or troublesome.
He was in a state of blissful ignorance about the challenges that lay ahead.
Often appears as...
- blissful ignorance
- remain in bliss
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Idiomatic
noun
A state of extreme happiness or joy.
Winning the lottery was a moment of pure bliss for him.
Often appears as...
- pure bliss
- moment of bliss
noun
Heaven or paradise, as in religion.
For believers, the ultimate goal is eternal bliss in heaven.
Often appears as...
- eternal bliss
- heavenly bliss
Usage tips
Religious
noun
Ignorance of something disturbing or troublesome.
He was in a state of blissful ignorance about the challenges that lay ahead.
Often appears as...
- blissful ignorance
- remain in bliss
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Nuanced Emotion
Often signals a level of happiness beyond everyday joy, used for special occasions or intense feelings.
Hearing her laugh was bliss.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Extreme
Use 'bliss' to describe peak moments in life, emphasizing the highest degree of happiness.
The day of her wedding was pure bliss.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Commonplace
'Bliss' isn't used for mild or moderate happiness, reserve it for when you mean something very profound.
Retiring early was his bliss after years of hard work.
Pro Tip 1/3Nuanced Emotion
Often signals a level of happiness beyond everyday joy, used for special occasions or intense feelings.
Hearing her laugh was bliss.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Extreme
Use 'bliss' to describe peak moments in life, emphasizing the highest degree of happiness.
The day of her wedding was pure bliss.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Commonplace
'Bliss' isn't used for mild or moderate happiness, reserve it for when you mean something very profound.
Retiring early was his bliss after years of hard work.
Pro Tip 1/3Nuanced Emotion
Often signals a level of happiness beyond everyday joy, used for special occasions or intense feelings.
Hearing her laugh was bliss.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Extreme
Use 'bliss' to describe peak moments in life, emphasizing the highest degree of happiness.
The day of her wedding was pure bliss.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Commonplace
'Bliss' isn't used for mild or moderate happiness, reserve it for when you mean something very profound.
Retiring early was his bliss after years of hard work.
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A doctor's touch -...
while you are describing a classic ritual and they helped me understand that rituals are all about transformation we marry for example with great pomp and ceremony and expense to signal our departure from a life of solitude misery loneliness to one of eternal bliss I'm not sure why you're
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Find Your Bliss in...
Chile's Patagonia region here adventurers find bliss amongst the dramatic terrain that includes glaciers fjords and mountains the centrepiece of the park are the three granite towers that stand tall over the otherwise flat Patagonian play throughout the park the
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Adam Grant: How to stop...
We were looking for bliss in a blah day and purpose in a perpetual pandemic. But languishing is not unique to a pandemic. It's part of the human condition. Two decades of research show that languishing can disrupt your focus and dampen your motivation.
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Yuval Noah Harari...
wonderful they imagine themselves like again in ancient athens walking with socrates and having these interesting discussions or sitting for meditation and having all these experiences of bliss and oneness with the universe and wonderful
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How the worst moments in...
that nirvana is what arrives when all your woe is behind you, and you have only bliss to look forward to. But he said that would not be nirvana, because your bliss in the present would always be shadowed by the joy from the past.
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Janine Shepherd: A...
And it's time to join those up and to hang on. And if we are to move towards our collective bliss it's time we shed our focus on the physical and instead embrace the virtues of the heart. So raise your straws if you'll join me.
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Abraham Verghese: A...
to signal our departure from a life of solitude and misery and loneliness to one of eternal bliss. I'm not sure why you're laughing. That was the original intent, was it not? We signal transitions of power with rituals.
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My tango double-life PIPE...
buddies have become my best friends through late night ted-like conversations so tango tango offers a feast for the senses a workout for the body and a bliss for the psyche not bad for a double life thank you
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Feeding Baby Orphaned...
youngest orphans here she's just seven months old and just like human kids she has her own security blanket which also keeps her warm bliss she's gorgeous but the story of her early life is absolutely tragic
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Adorable Baby Animal...
security blanket which also keeps her warm bliss she's gorgeous but the story of her early life is absolutely tragic
Video examples
A doctor's touch -...
while you are describing a classic ritual and they helped me understand that rituals are all about transformation we marry for example with great pomp and ceremony and expense to signal our departure from a life of solitude misery loneliness to one of eternal bliss I'm not sure why you're
Video examples
Find Your Bliss in...
Chile's Patagonia region here adventurers find bliss amongst the dramatic terrain that includes glaciers fjords and mountains the centrepiece of the park are the three granite towers that stand tall over the otherwise flat Patagonian play throughout the park the
Video examples
Adam Grant: How to stop...
We were looking for bliss in a blah day and purpose in a perpetual pandemic. But languishing is not unique to a pandemic. It's part of the human condition. Two decades of research show that languishing can disrupt your focus and dampen your motivation.
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
wonderful they imagine themselves like again in ancient athens walking with socrates and having these interesting discussions or sitting for meditation and having all these experiences of bliss and oneness with the universe and wonderful
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
that nirvana is what arrives when all your woe is behind you, and you have only bliss to look forward to. But he said that would not be nirvana, because your bliss in the present would always be shadowed by the joy from the past.
Video examples
Janine Shepherd: A...
And it's time to join those up and to hang on. And if we are to move towards our collective bliss it's time we shed our focus on the physical and instead embrace the virtues of the heart. So raise your straws if you'll join me.
Video examples
Abraham Verghese: A...
to signal our departure from a life of solitude and misery and loneliness to one of eternal bliss. I'm not sure why you're laughing. That was the original intent, was it not? We signal transitions of power with rituals.
Video examples
My tango double-life PIPE...
buddies have become my best friends through late night ted-like conversations so tango tango offers a feast for the senses a workout for the body and a bliss for the psyche not bad for a double life thank you
Video examples
Feeding Baby Orphaned...
youngest orphans here she's just seven months old and just like human kids she has her own security blanket which also keeps her warm bliss she's gorgeous but the story of her early life is absolutely tragic
Video examples
Adorable Baby Animal...
security blanket which also keeps her warm bliss she's gorgeous but the story of her early life is absolutely tragic
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Quote examples
Art Alexakis
American Musician
That's what I think our jobs as parents are, to educate as much as possible... I tell them to follow their bliss. The people who follow their bliss in this world tend to be the more happier people.
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Brie Larson
American Actress
The idea of singing and dancing throughout my life and finding that bliss is something I wanted to express and explore within myself and hopefully spread that idea to other people.
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Hermann Hesse
German Novelist
If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian Philosopher
The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.
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Alison Krauss
American Musician
I don't know if bliss is possible and I've always thought that my best times will be later in life.
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Wilkie Collins
English Novelist
Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.
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Nathaniel Branden
American Psychologist
Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
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Edward Young
English Poet
The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.
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Art Alexakis
American Musician
That's what I think our jobs as parents are, to educate as much as possible... I tell them to follow their bliss. The people who follow their bliss in this world tend to be the more happier people.
Quote examples
Brie Larson
American Actress
The idea of singing and dancing throughout my life and finding that bliss is something I wanted to express and explore within myself and hopefully spread that idea to other people.
Quote examples
Hermann Hesse
German Novelist
If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.
Quote examples
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian Philosopher
The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
Quote examples
Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.
Quote examples
Alison Krauss
American Musician
I don't know if bliss is possible and I've always thought that my best times will be later in life.
Quote examples
Wilkie Collins
English Novelist
Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.
Quote examples
Nathaniel Branden
American Psychologist
Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.
Quote examples
Joseph Campbell
American Author
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
Quote examples
Edward Young
English Poet
The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.
Example 1 of 10
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