Home › Words › B › blissfulnessblissfulnessblissfulness means the characteristic of being blissful.EtymologyFrom Middle English blisfulnesse, equivalent to blissful + -ness.nounThe characteristic of being blissful.e.g.“Oh! My God! The girl had been captured in the blissfulness of being a bride. Look at her!” — 2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 226:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bliss 77% match — Perfect happiness. vs blissfulness →blissome 77% match — Characterised or marked by bliss; joyous vs blissfulness →blitheness 76% match — The characteristic of being blithe. vs blissfulness →blissful 76% match — Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss. vs blissfulness →blissfully 75% match — In a blissful, happy or joyful manner. vs blissfulness →blissy 74% match — Characterised by bliss; joyful. vs blissfulness →blisslessness 74% match — Absence of bliss; joylessness. vs blissfulness →blissed 74% match — In a state of bliss. vs blissfulness →