euphoria

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: eu=pho=ri=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

euphoria, adj. 

 a strong pleasant feeling of well-being or happiness; it is often caused by attainment of a desired goal or other incident of accomplishment, but may irrationally accompany a pathological manic state.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

euphoria, n. a feeling of well-being, esp. one based on over-confidence or over-optimism.

Derivative

euphoric adj. euphorically adv.

Etymology

Gk f. euphoros well-bearing (as EU-, phero bear)

THESAURUS

euphoria

abstraction, abulia, acceptance, alienation, amusement, animal pleasure, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, bodily pleasure, carnal delight, catatonic stupor, comfort, composure, compulsion, content, contentedness, contentment, coziness, creature comforts, dejection, depression, detachment, ease, ecstasy, elation, emotionalism, endpleasure, enjoyment, entertainment, entire satisfaction, exaltation, exhilaration, folie du doute, forepleasure, frenzy, fruition, fulfillment, fun, glee, gratification, great satisfaction, gusto, happiness, hearty enjoyment, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, indifference, insensibility, intellectual pleasure, intoxication, joie de vivre, keen pleasure, kicks, lethargy, luxury, madness, mania, melancholia, mental distress, obsession, pathological indecisiveness, peace of mind, physical pleasure, pleasure, preoccupation, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, quiet pleasure, reconcilement, reconciliation, relish, resignation, satisfaction, self-gratification, self-indulgence, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, sexual pleasure, stupor, sweetness of life, tic, titillation, twitching, unresponsiveness, voluptuousness, well-being, withdrawal, zest

ROGET THESAURUS

euphoria

Health

N health, sanity, soundness, vigor, good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health, bloom, mens sana in corpore sano, Hygeia, incorruption, incorruptibility, good state of health, clean bill of health, eupepsia, euphoria, euphory, St. Anthony's fire, healthy, healthful, in health, well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole, florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof, unscathed, uninjured, unmaimed, unmarred, untainted, sound of wind and limb, safe and sound, on one's legs, sound as a roach, sound as a bell, fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as April, hearty as a buck, in fine feather, in high feather, in good case, in full bloom, pretty bobbish, tolerably well, as well as can be expected, sanitary sanatory, health that snuffs the morning air, non est vivere sed valere vita.