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

/ juːˈfɔːrɪə; juːˈfɒrɪk /

noun

1. a feeling of great elation, esp when exaggerated

Derived Forms

• euphoric, adjective

Other Words From

• eu·phor·ic [yoo-, fawr, -ik, -, for, -], adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of euphoria¹

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

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.

From Fortune

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

From Science News For Students

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

From Washington Blade

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.

From Fortune

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.

From Fortune

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• elation
• exhilaration
• frenzy
• glee
• joy
• jubilation
• relaxation