different between pleased vs blissful
pleased
English
Etymology
From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pli?zd/
Adjective
pleased (comparative more pleased, superlative most pleased)
- happy, content
Synonyms
- content
- happy
- satisfied
Translations
Verb
pleased
- simple past tense and past participle of please
Anagrams
- delapse, elapsed, sepaled
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blissful
English
Alternative forms
- blissfull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English blisful, bislvol, equivalent to bliss +? -ful.
Adjective
blissful (comparative more blissful, superlative most blissful)
- Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
- 1738, Samuel Johnson, "London: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal", lines 25-26,
- In pleasing dreams the blissful age renew,
- And call Britannia's glories back to view;
- 1983, James Hijiya, "American Gravestones and Attitudes toward Death: A Brief History," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 127, no. 5., page 349,
- New England carvers between the 1720s and the 1750s transformed, step by step, the winged skull into the winged face, adding flesh to bare bone and turning the toothy grin of death into the blissful smile of a saved soul.
- 1738, Samuel Johnson, "London: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal", lines 25-26,
- (obsolete) Blessed; glorified.
- c1387, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Prioress' Tale," in The Canterbury Tales,
- Thus had this widow her little son y-taught
- Our blissful Lady, Christe's mother dear,
- To worship aye
- c1387, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Prioress' Tale," in The Canterbury Tales,
Usage notes
"Blissful" occasionally has the extra connotation that a person is extremely happy because he or she fails to recognize or accept certain adversities or other harsh realities.
Synonyms
- ecstatic
- elated
- euphoric
- joyful
- orgasmic
- overjoyed
- rapturous
- on cloud nine
- See also Thesaurus:blissful
Derived terms
- blissfully
- blissfulness
Translations
References
- blissful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “blissful”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
Anagrams
- fullsibs
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