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bliss^¹

/blɪs/

Rhymes with -ɪs

Where it comes from

From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”).

noun blisses

countable, uncountable Perfect happiness. The afternoon at the spa was utter bliss.

verb blisses · blissing · blissed

intransitive, usually, used with out To feel bliss; (by extension) to reach a state of bliss or ecstasy. I'm still blissing out after our date. I had a great time.

Bliss^²

/blɪs/

Rhymes with -ɪs

proper noun Blish

An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.
rare A unisex given name from English. "Mother doesn't seem to especially like her little granddaughter as it is, even named 'Edna Louise'. D'you think she's going to like her better, named 'Bliss' like some sexpot pop star or some Indian-mystic asshole-charlatan?" Betsey winced. "Bliss" was a beautiful name!
a programming language used for systems programming primarily on computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. Bliss is a parallel language to C, both being derived from B and BCPL
A ghost town in California.
A minor city in Gooding County, Idaho.
An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
A township in Emmet County, Michigan, named after Aaron T. Bliss.
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
A census-designated place in the town of Eagle, Wyoming County, New York.
Former name of Old Bliss, Oklahoma.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, happy, pleasure, pleased, happiness, felicity, joy, delight, rapture, ecstasy, luck, ecstacy, appreciation, supreme

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noun perfect happiness

Español	euforia, dicha, beatitud, bienaventuranza, bienandanza, ventura
日本語	幸福 kōfuku, 至福 shifuku
中文	極樂 /极乐 jílè, 喜悅 /喜悦 xǐyuè, 福佑 fúyòu, 幸福 xìngfú
हिन्दी	आनन्द ānand
Português	júbilo, gáudio, êxtase, bem-aventurança
Français	béatitude, félicité
Deutsch	Glückseligkeit, Glück
Italiano	beatitudine
Ελληνικά	ευδαιμονία evdaimonía, μακαριότητα makariótita
Română	beatitudine, euforie, extaz
Русский	блаже́нство blažénstvo
العربية	نَعِيم naʕīm
עברית	חֶדְוָה ẖedvá

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@misc{bliss_2026,
  title = {bliss},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bliss},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}