euphoria

[ yoo-fawr-ee-uh ]
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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.

Origin of euphoria

1
First recorded in 1880–85; from New Latin, from Greek euphoría “state of well-being”; see eu-, -phore, -ia

Other words from euphoria

  • eu·phor·ic [yoo-fawr-ik, -for-], /yuˈfɔr ɪk, -ˈfɒr-/, adjective

Words Nearby euphoria

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How to use euphoria in a sentence

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

    Assignment's End | Roger Dee
  • I felt the great fear-loneliness in the other Marl begin to recede and in its place came an almost overpowering euphoria.

    Cogito, Ergo Sum | John Foster West
  • There is no metaphysical hair-splitting in An Enemy of the People, nor sentimental talk about euphoria and going happily to death.

    Ivory Apes and Peacocks | James Huneker
  • It was against the law for dozy-pills to produce a sensation of euphoria, of well-being.

    Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Her hesitant voice was music, rousing in Farrell a warm and expectant euphoria that glowed like old wine in his veins.

    Pet Farm | Roger Dee

British Dictionary definitions for euphoria

euphoria

/ (juːˈfɔːrɪə) /


noun
  1. a feeling of great elation, esp when exaggerated

Origin of euphoria

1
C19: from Greek: good ability to endure, from eu- + pherein to bear

Derived forms of euphoria

  • euphoric (juːˈfɒrɪk), adjective

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