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The definition of bliss is complete happiness.

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An example of bliss is what someone feels after a relaxing massage.
An example of bliss is the act of doing work you love.

See bliss in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

great joy or happiness
spiritual joy; heavenly rapture
any cause of bliss

Origin: ME blisse < OE bliss, bliths, joy < blithe, blithe

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to experience or produce ecstasy or intense pleasure or satisfaction from or as if from a hallucinogenic drug or a mystical experience: usually with out

Related Forms:

blissful adjective
blissfully adverb
blissfulness noun

See bliss in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Extreme happiness; ecstasy.
The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.

Phrasal Verb: bliss out Slang To go into a state of ecstasy.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English blisse

Origin: , from Old English bliss

Origin: , from blīths

Origin: , from blīthe, joyful; see blithe

Related Forms:

blissˈful adjective

blissˈful·ly adverb

blissˈful·ness noun

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