Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bluebird of happiness

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: blue-bird of hap-pi-ness
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Happiness or contentment, especially as the elusive object of a quest or as a state of affairs which is difficult to achieve.

Example Sentences

"Tora (Kiyoshi Atsumi), our feckless itinerant peddler, dreams he's leading his relatives in a pursuit of the bluebird of happiness, which takes them to a veritable Shangri-La."
"The tears flow like the tequila in Luminarias. But never is there a moment's fear that they will drown the bluebird of happiness that is just around the corner."
""You could wait a year or two to see if the bluebird of happiness comes knocking on her door, but it would be quicker and kinder to send her to a therapist now," Kelly says."

Inflected Forms

bluebirds of happiness (plural)

Questions

What does bluebird of happiness mean?: Happiness or contentment, especially as the elusive object of a quest or as a state of affairs which is difficult to achieve.

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