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
- 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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