euphoric
Americanadjective
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feeling or generating intense happiness, confidence, and a sense of well-being.
I’ve experienced both crushing defeat and euphoric victory.
She was euphoric when she received the Oscar.
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Psychiatry. relating to or experiencing a pathologically exaggerated feeling of happiness, confidence, or energy.
During a manic phase, people with bipolar disorder are usually euphoric and believe they can accomplish anything.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of euphoric
Explanation
To be euphoric is to be carried away with amazingly good feelings. The euphoric feeling of having won the lottery ended quickly when you saw your pet ferret chewing up your lottery ticket. When someone's euphoric, they're so happy that they might have lost touch with reality for the moment. This “too good to be true” quality is one reason some drug-induced states get described as euphoric. In fact, euphoria, which euphoric stems from, originally meant a feeling of wellness caused in the sick by the use of drugs.
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Example Sentences
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For those who have made that euphoric U-turn, there are life lessons to draw upon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
On the flip side, “don’t get too euphoric when stocks rise,” said Isabel, who has been covering financial markets at MarketWatch for four years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Just as they did in Beethoven's time, euphoric revellers still spill out onto the paths of the otherwise sleepy outskirts in the vine-lined Viennese hillsides after a few carafes of white- or red-wine spritzers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Within days, a number of food and lifestyle websites had published euphoric stories about Lamb’s discovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
In the twinkling of an eye, the scattered groups filled out, swelled, and lengthened, and the streets filled with euphoric people jumping up and down and shouting and hugging each other and laughing.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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