bliss
Definitions
- An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.
- luck
- Perfect happiness.
- A unisex given name from English.
- 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
- feminine singular of dicho
- A place in the United States:
- 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.
Equivalents
32 more languages
Dansklykke
فارسیسعادت
Gàidhligsonas
Galegodita
Magyarboldogság
Italianobeatitudine
한국어극락
Te Reo Māorihākoakoa
Македонскиблаженство
Bahasa Melayukebahagiaan
Русскийблаженство
SlovenčinaBlaho
ไทยความผาสุก
اردوآنند
Examples
“The afternoon at the spa was utter bliss.”
“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, / But to be young was very heaven!”
“What can you do if you are thirty and, turning the corner of your own⟳ street, you are overcome⟳, suddenly, by a feeling of bliss—absolute bliss!—as though you'd suddenly swallowed a bright piece of that late afternoon sun and it burned in your bosom, sending out a little shower of sparks into every particle, into every finger and toe?”
“When they insist on knowing my bliss I tell⟳ them this When they want⟳ to know⟳ what the reason⟳ is I only smile⟳ when I lie⟳, then I tell⟳ them why”
“So who is this saying that money is bliss? Your logic remiss You and the devil about to kiss”
“"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⟳!”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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