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Meaning of bliss in English

(Definition of bliss from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of bliss

bliss
They identify the sensations of power and pleasure experienced through self-dissolution with the spiritual bliss promised by self-mastery.
Only the oldest men, those in their 40s, were married; sailors put their careers at sea before any dreams of domestic bliss.
Even the moral has become suffused with the overflowing sense of bliss, joy, and love.
The tirthankars achieved bliss by their own unaided efforts, he said, and so must we.
Usually bliss occurs when desires are temporarily appeased and the common mental diffuseness is forgotten.
The volume ends on a scene of novelistically typical wedded bliss.
First, it is impossible to be in complete physical agony while experiencing complete bliss.
The signs in question referred mainly to the potential of conjugal bliss, questions of longevity of key male family members and issues of chastity.
The attenuation of the somatic body-loop, especially motor reactivity, may allow for less constraint on the neurological components of terror and bliss.
For it is possible to argue that very unpopular governments should also stay close to their bliss points.
It's not just bliss-was-it-in-that-dawn-to-bealive reminiscence of student days.
In this case, the bliss point of real money balances is independent of the consumption level.
It also signifies selfish shallowness: her bliss entails lack of consideration for the feelings of the jealous girl ignored.
They had reached eternal bliss at the top of the universe by themselves, he said, and there they abide in eternal knowledge and without suffering.
She would insist upon competing with men and ignoring the type of advice for feminine bliss which is still to be found in psychology texts.
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Translations of bliss

in Chinese (Traditional)
極樂,狂喜, 天賜之福…
in Chinese (Simplified)
极乐,狂喜, 天赐之福…
in Spanish
dicha, felicidad, júbilo…
in Portuguese
felicidade, contentamento…
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in Russian
mutluluk, bahtiyarlık, saadet…
félicité…
gelukzaligheid…
dokonalé štěstí, blaženost…
lyksalighed…
kebahagiaan besar…
ความสุขสำราญอันสุดยอด…
niềm vui sướng nhất…
rozkosz, szczęście…
lycksalighet, sällhet…
bahagia…
die Glückseligkeit…
lykksalighet…
блаженство, щастя…
блаженство…
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