1
: full of, marked by, or causing complete happiness
a blissful marriage
2
: happily benighted
blissful ignorance
blissfulness
noun
Examples of blissful in a Sentence
At first, their time together was blissful.
He sat there in a blissful state of comfort.
a blissful setting for a wedding
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The great majority of people who have NDEs describe the experience as blissful, more real than reality itself, and altogether outside of time.
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Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Few destinations in the Caribbean boast a finer roster of luxury hotels and blissful beaches than Anguilla, its shores still spared from the overdevelopment of some of its neighbors.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Of all my extraordinary hotel experiences this past year, the most memorable might have been my dip in the outdoor swimming pool at The Peninsula Istanbul, which opened in 2023 along what had once been a bustling cruise port but is now a blissful stretch of luxury and cultural offerings.
—Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2025
That blissful, social morning routine is a distant memory now.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
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Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Few destinations in the Caribbean boast a finer roster of luxury hotels and blissful beaches than Anguilla, its shores still spared from the overdevelopment of some of its neighbors.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Of all my extraordinary hotel experiences this past year, the most memorable might have been my dip in the outdoor swimming pool at The Peninsula Istanbul, which opened in 2023 along what had once been a bustling cruise port but is now a blissful stretch of luxury and cultural offerings.
—Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2025
That blissful, social morning routine is a distant memory now.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blissful
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“Blissful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blissful. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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