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
- euphorically adverb
Etymology
Origin of euphoric
Example Sentences
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I see it as a deeply intimate, devastating, life-affirming, life-depleting, psychotic, meditative, euphoric, addictive struggle of building something where before there was nothing.
From Los Angeles Times
Dare I say, the party’s mood swing from near-suicidal to euphoric has been quite something.
From Los Angeles Times
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.”
From MarketWatch
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.
From Barron's
It’s been a brutal stretch for rare-earth stocks after an earlier euphoric phase this year.
From Barron's
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