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Blissful vs Amused - What's the difference?

blissful | amused |

As adjectives the difference between blissful and amused

is that blissful is extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss while amused is pleasurably entertained.

As a verb amused is

(amuse).

blissful

English

Alternative forms

* blissfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
  • * 1738 , , "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;
  • * 1868 , , Little Women , ch. 27,
    • She ... led a blissful life, unconscious of want, care, or bad weather, while she sat safe and happy in an imaginary world.
  • * 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.
  • (obsolete) Blessed; glorified.
  • * c1387 , , "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

    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

    References

    * * * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

    amused

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (amuse)
    • While waiting for the bus, I amused myself by performing a mime interpretation of the Gettysburg Address.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pleasurably entertained.
    • The children chased one another in a circle in front of their amused parents.
  • Displaying amusement.
  • (usually, with a complement) Enjoying humor aspects (of something).
    • He was amused to note the disarray of his opponents.
    He was very amused by the lyrics.
    She was amused with their antics.
    The entertainers parodied his speech. He was not amused .

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