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blissful

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bliss  (bls)
n.
1. Extreme happiness; ecstasy.
2. The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.
Phrasal Verb:
bliss out Slang
To go into a state of ecstasy.

[Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss, from blths, from blthe, joyful; see blithe.]

blissful adj.
blissful·ly adv.
blissful·ness n.

blissful [ˈblɪsfʊl]
adj
1. serenely joyful or glad
blissful ignorance unawareness or inexperience of something unpleasant
blissfully  adv
blissfulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.blissful - completely happy and contented; "blissful young lovers"; "in blissful ignorance"
happy - enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

blissful
adjective
1. delightful, pleasing, satisfying, heavenly (informal), enjoyable, gratifying, pleasurable There's nothing more blissful than lying by that pool.
Translations
blissful [ˈblɪsfʊl] ADJ
1. (= happy) → dichoso
in blissful ignorancefeliz en la ignorancia
2. (= wonderful) → maravilloso, estupendo
blissful [ˈblɪsfʊl] adj (= happy) [event, day] → merveilleux/euse; [situation, period] → merveilleux/euse; [smile] → de bonheur
a blissful sigh → un soupir d'aise
in blissful ignorance → dans une ignorance béate
blissful
adj timeherrlich, paradiesisch; respite alsowohltuend; feeling alsowonnig; happinesshöchste(s); state, look, smile(glück)selig; momentsselig; in blissful ignorance of the facts (iro)in herrlicher Ahnungslosigkeit; in blissful ignorance of the fact that … (iro)in keinster Weise ahnend, dass …
blissful [ˈblɪsfʊl] adj (event, day) → stupendo/a, meraviglioso/a; (smile) → beato/a
in blissful ignorance → nella (più) beata ignoranza


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Nor could you wonder had you witnessed a recent experience of mine when, in the armor of blissful and stupendous ignorance, I gaily narrated the gist of it to a Fellow of the Royal Geological Society on the occasion of my last trip to London.
He thought of his childhood, left far far behind-- That blissful and innocent state-- The sound so exactly recalled to his mind A pencil that squeaks on a slate!
A summer on the loftiest height, with cold fountains and blissful stillness: oh, come, my friends, that the stillness may become more blissful!
 
 
 
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