euphoric

[yoo-fawr-ik, -for-]

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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

• euphorically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of euphoric¹

euphor(ia) + -ic

Example Sentences

Dare I say, the party’s mood swing from near-suicidal to euphoric has been quite something.

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While valuations look expensive, the top players are trading “at discounts to earnings growth rates,” Demmert said, “and overall AI market sentiment is mildly bullish and not euphoric.”

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Still, Wall Street was less euphoric, ending on a mixed note, with tech firms struggling to match the soaring performances that have characterised this year.

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It’s been a brutal stretch for rare-earth stocks after an earlier euphoric phase this year.

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A cold plunge can even result in a brief euphoric feeling as your body switches from the parasympathetic to sympathetic nervous system.

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Related Words

• blissful 
• delirious 
• elated 
• enthusiastic 
• fervent 
• happy 
• joyful 
• joyous 
• mad 
• overjoyed 
• rapturous 
• rhapsodic 
• thrilled 
• upbeat