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

Related Words

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