Bliss - English meaning

proper noun

A mountainous district in the peloponnese of southern greece. in poetic fantasy it represents a pastoral paradise and in greek mythology it is the home of pan.

noun

An image or idea of life in the countryside that is believed to be perfect

verb

Please (someone) greatly.

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An experience guaranteed to delight both young and old

noun

Great pleasure.

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The little girls squealed with delight

noun

Great pleasure, satisfaction, or happiness, or something or someone that gives this

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[ c ] my sister’s little boy is a real delight., [ u ] his music teacher expressed delight with his…

noun

An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.

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There was a look of ecstasy on his face

noun

A state of extreme happiness or pleasure

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We shared a moment of ecstasy as the chocolate melted on our tongues.

noun

A state of extreme happiness, especially when feeling pleasure

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In ecstasy she threw her head back as if in ecstasy., sexual ecstasy

proper noun

The place where adam and eve lived in the biblical account of the creation, from which they were expelled for disobediently eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

noun

A place or state of great happiness; an unspoilt paradise.

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The lost eden of his childhood

noun

In the bible, the garden where the first humans, adam and eve, lived in perfect happiness before they did not obey god and were ordered by him to leave

noun

Great happiness and exhilaration.

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Richard's elation at regaining his health was short-lived

noun

A state of extreme happiness or excitement

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There's a sense of elation at having completed a race of such length.

noun

A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.

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In his euphoria, he had become convinced he could defeat them

noun

A feeling of extreme happiness or confidence

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We were caught up in the euphoria of the moment., a euphoric expression, a euphoric mood

noun

Extreme happiness, sometimes more than is reasonable in a particular situation

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State of euphoria they were in a state of euphoria for days after they won the prize., the drug pro…

noun

The quality of being glad (= pleased and happy)

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Their hearts were filled with joy and gladness., she felt a rush of real and genuine gladness as sh…

noun

The state of being happy.

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She struggled to find happiness in her life

noun

The feeling of being pleased or happy

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Our children have brought us so much happiness.

noun

The feeling of being happy

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It was only later in life that she found happiness and peace of mind., every happiness formal will …

noun

A place regarded in various religions as the abode of god (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky.

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Those who practised good deeds would receive the reward of a place in heaven

noun

In some religions, the place, sometimes imagined to be in the sky, where god or the gods live and where good people are believed to go after they die, so that they can enjoy perfect happiness

noun

A situation that gives you great pleasure

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I just lay in the sun for a week and did nothing - it was heaven.

noun

A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

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Tears of joy

verb

Rejoice.

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I felt shame that i had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain

noun

Great happiness

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They were filled with joy when their first child was born., she wept for joy when she was told that…

noun

(in some religions) heaven as the ultimate abode of the just.

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Martyrs who die in battle with the ungodly earn instant transmission to paradise

noun

A feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment.

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She smiled with pleasure at being praised

adjective

Used or intended for entertainment rather than business.

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Pleasure boats

verb

Give sexual enjoyment or satisfaction to.

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Tell me what will pleasure you

noun

A feeling of intense pleasure or joy.

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Leonora listened with rapture

verb

(according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the second coming of christ.

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People will be raptured out of automobiles as they are driving along

noun

Extreme pleasure and happiness

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[ u ] life was rapture for a little while.

idiom

Very happy

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She was feeling on top of the world after winning the tennis tournament.

noun

An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.

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Misplaced faith in political utopias has led to ruin

noun

A perfect society in which everyone is happy

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[ u ] the idea of america as utopia has recurred throughout our history., [ c ] when plans to rebui…