euphoric means feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria.
euphoric is pronounced /juːˈfɒɹɪk/.
Why “euphoric” is a great word
Feeling or characterized by intense happiness, well-being, and elation. From euphoria (from Greek euphoros, "bearing well, healthy") + -ic (adjective-forming suffix). First attested in 1885, originally with reference to cocaine. Unlike "content" (which suggests a quiet, sustained satisfaction) or "ecstatic" (which implies a frenzied, overwhelming rapture), euphoric describes a powerful but diffuse serenity, a buoyancy of spirit. It is the chemical sunrise after a long depression, the weightless suspension in a perfect moment of music, or the profound, irrational conviction that all is right with the world—a borrowed brilliance that makes the ordinary world briefly unbearable in its beauty.
adj
- Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoriae.g.“In this moment, I am euphoric.”
- Productive of euphoria, causing great joy.e.g.“Heroin is the most euphoric drug in use today.”
noun
- A drug that causes euphoria; a euphoriant.
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