bliss
part of speech
noun (bliss — uncountable; no plural)
meaning for a pupil
1) Perfect happiness and calm joy. tree →
2) Something that gives you great pleasure («This bath is bliss!»). tree →
3) (church) In Christian writing, the perfect happiness of heaven that Christians believe God gives. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The psalmist says that being close to God brings joy and pleasure forever. Tradition reads this as the highest happiness, nearness to God. In the primary lessons: A feeling word used in stories, poems and everyday talk to show someone is completely happy and relaxed. Phrases: «pure bliss», «sheer bliss», «wedded bliss», «ignorance is bliss» (it can feel easier not to know something bad). In The Wind in the Willows the Mole feels bliss on his first day on the river.
examples
- Thou makest me to know the path of life; in Thy presence is fulness of joy, in Thy right hand bliss for evermore. (Writings PSA.16.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Lying on the warm sand was pure bliss. tree →
- After the long walk, a cup of hot chocolate was bliss. tree →
- The Mole sat in the boat in a state of bliss. tree →
- A day with no homework is bliss! tree →
- The baby slept in bliss after her feed. tree →
- «Ignorance is bliss,» said Dad when I asked about the bill. tree →
- The hymn spoke of the bliss of heaven. tree →
- “George, George!” she cried when she could speak; and Mr. Darling woke to share her bliss, and Nana came rushing in. tree →
note
Uncountable: say «bliss», not «a bliss» or «blisses». Adjective: blissful; adverb: blissfully («blissfully unaware» = happily not knowing). Do not mix up with «blister» (a sore bubble on the skin).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bliss» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.