Antonyms for bliss

Grammar : Noun

Spell : blis

Phonetic Transcription : blɪs

Definition of bliss

Origin : Old English blis, also bliðs "bliss, merriment, happiness, grace, favor," from Proto-Germanic *blithsjo (cf. Old Saxon blidsea, blizza), from *blithiz "gentle, kind" + *-tjo noun suffix. Originally mostly of earthly happiness; influenced by association with bless and blithe.

noun ecstasy

Example sentences :

Making him her slave, she kept him at the very height of bliss.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Will eternity ever be bliss, ever be endurable to poor King Hamlet?
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

Your friendship much can make me blest, O why that bliss destroy!
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

I mean that the memory of the time wants but that to render it perfect in bliss.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

Like wine thro' clay, Joy in his blood bursting his heart, he died—the bliss!
Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various

Possession I found was not bliss: it had not rendered me content.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

To be hailed, like Bongrand, with the name of master—was that not the height of bliss?
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

He felt: To be loved by such a one is bliss beyond the dreams of this world.
Extract from : « The Fifth String » by John Philip Sousa

The eye was promise-crammed, the ears sealed with bliss, and she felt the wet of the waters.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

Bliss promised to see that these matters were tended to at once, taking each in turn.
Extract from : « It's All Yours » by Sam Merwin

Synonyms for bliss

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