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euphoria

[ yoo-fawr-ee-uh ]

noun

  1. a state of intense happiness and self-confidence:

    She was flooded with euphoria as she went to the podium to receive her Student Research Award.

  2. Psychology. a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania.


euphoria

/ juːˈfɒrɪk; juːˈfɔːrɪə /

noun

  1. a feeling of great elation, esp when exaggerated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • euphoric, adjective
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Other Words From

  • eu·phor·ic [yoo-, fawr, -ik, -, for, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of euphoria1

First recorded in 1880–85; from New Latin, from Greek euphoría “state of well-being”; eu-, -phore, -ia
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Word History and Origins

Origin of euphoria1

C19: from Greek: good ability to endure, from eu- + pherein to bear
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Example Sentences

While Dow 30,000 is a symbolic moment for the stock market, it is simply a continuation of the market’s euphoria after the pre-election selloff.

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In medicine, the word narcotic refers to a drug that reduces pain, makes someone sleepy and gives them a feeling of euphoria.

Despite the euphoria I felt from being honest with them, I kept my identity close to my chest.

After the initial euphoria of skipping smog-filled traffic jams and cramped train compartments, a new reality has dawned in which the work day blends into the rest of life, like a never-ending video conference call.

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Deutsche Bank analyst Emmanuel Rosner notes that with the stock market’s euphoria over other EV makers like Tesla, GM’s shares could hit $93 if the company spins off a stake in its EV business on the stock market.

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“She was tireless and often seemed in a state of euphoria,” Pausini told police, according to the documents.

But her euphoria evaporates when she realizes he is simply trying to pretend she is a man.

“I feel absolutely clean inside, and there is nothing but pure euphoria,” wrote Shulgin in his journals.

Then, the post-euphoria realization: “I need to get to the gym.”

In the years since, it has become harder to maintain the euphoria of those early months of the Arab uprisings.

Everyone roughly within a radius of fifty feet—I've checked the limit a thousand times—immediately feels a sort of euphoria.

I felt the great fear-loneliness in the other Marl begin to recede and in its place came an almost overpowering euphoria.

There is no metaphysical hair-splitting in An Enemy of the People, nor sentimental talk about euphoria and going happily to death.

It was against the law for dozy-pills to produce a sensation of euphoria, of well-being.

Her hesitant voice was music, rousing in Farrell a warm and expectant euphoria that glowed like old wine in his veins.

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