Euphoria
//juːˈfɔː.ɹi.ə// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness. countable, uncountable
"The runner was in (a state of) absolute euphoria after winning his first marathon."
- 2 a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation wordnet
- 3 Ellipsis of gender euphoria. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Example
More examples"You get a feeling of euphoria upon completing a hike of the Appalachian Trail."
Etymology
From New Latin euphoria, from Ancient Greek εὐφορίᾱ (euphoríā), from εὔφορος (eúphoros, “bearing well”), from εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”).
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