euphoric
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /juːˈfɒɹɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /juˈfɔɹɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk
Adjective
euphoric (comparative more euphoric, superlative most euphoric)
- Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
- Synonyms: ecstatic, joyful; see also Thesaurus:blissful
- Antonym: dysphoric
- In this moment, I am euphoric.
- Productive of euphoria, causing great joy.
- 1973, United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, Treatment and rehabilitation, page 31:
- Heroin is the most euphoric drug in use today.
- 1989, Stanley Morgan, Raven, →ISBN:
- Lin gathered herself, took a moment to rehearse the words in her mind, contacted the L.A. number, and delivered her euphoric news to her agent in person
Derived terms
Translations
feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
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Noun
euphoric (plural euphorics)
- A drug that causes euphoria; a euphoriant.