Spell Bee Word: Blissful

Basic Details

Word: Blissful

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Full of great happiness; extremely happy and peaceful.

Synonyms: joyful, happy, delighted

Antonyms: miserable, unhappy

How to Spell Blissful

Syllables: bliss - ful

Tricky part: Bliss keeps its double s, but the ending ful has only one l. Children often write blisful or blissfull.

Watch out for: blisful, blissfull, blisfull

Memory tip: Two s's from bliss, one l from ful. When full becomes an ending, it loses an l, as in hopeful.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We spent a blissful afternoon swimming in the river.

Example 2: The puppy gave a blissful sigh when I scratched its ears.

Example 3: After the exams, the first lazy Sunday felt blissful.

Fun Fact

Bliss is more than a thousand years old. Writers of Old English spelt it blis or bliths, and the word is related to blithe, meaning cheerful.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

bliss

a) ful
b) fool
c) fel
d) full

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a) ful. As an ending, ful has just one l: bliss + ful.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

blissful

a) joyful
b) sleepy
c) gloomy
d) angry

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a) joyful. Joyful and blissful both mean very happy.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

fsublisl

a) blissful
b) blissfull
c) bilssful
d) blisful

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a) blissful. Use both s's for bliss, then the single l of ful.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) blissful
b) carefull
c) thankfull
d) cheerfull

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a) blissful. The ending ful has only one l, so cheerfull, thankfull and carefull are all misspelt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Choose the best word: The cool breeze at the hill station was ____.

a) fearful
b) painful
c) harmful
d) blissful

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d) blissful

2. A blissful child is most likely to be:

a) bored and yawning
b) smiling and relaxed
c) angry and stamping
d) crying loudly

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b) smiling and relaxed

Associated Words

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