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blissfully unawareWhat does the word 'blissfully unaware' together mean?  Can it be only used in some unpleasant situation?Suppose its a persons marriage how can we say 'he is blissfully unaware'I would like to know about the usage of this word.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

The basic idea is that you are happy and you are not aware of something that will make you unhappy.

eg He was blissfully unaware that she no longer loved him.

Clive

Michael321 · Answer

Generally the phrase "blissfully unaware" refers to a situation where someone is happily continuing with their life, but does not know of some impending (or current) problem or disaster.

For instance:

"Jim was blissfully unaware that his wife Jane was seeing another man" - Jim is quite happy with his normal life, but does not know that his wife is cheating on him.

The phrase has quite a wide range of uses, but the key criteria are that:

- There must be a state of happiness or bliss to begin with - e.g. you cannot really say "the beleaguered army was blissfully unaware of the enemy's reinforcements", because the army is already "beleagured" and in a bad way.

- There must be a lack of awareness of a fact which, if known, would remove the state of bliss - e.g. the fact that Jane is seeing another man would make Jim unhappy if he knew.

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