euphoria
yoo-FOR-ee-uh
Euphoria (noun) means a feeling of intense happiness and excitement, often sudden and short-lived. Example: “There was euphoria in the streets when the result was announced.”
noun
1
A feeling of intense happiness and excitement, often sudden and short-lived.
"There was euphoria in the streets when the result was announced."
"The euphoria of the opening week soon gave way to hard work."
2
medical An abnormally elevated mood produced by illness, injury or a drug, sometimes out of keeping with the person's actual situation.
"Patients on high doses often report euphoria followed by a heavy crash."
How to use euphoria
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA rush of very strong happiness that usually doesn't last long.
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The adjective is 'euphoric'; the noun is uncountable, so say 'a feeling of euphoria', not 'a euphoria'.
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a sense of euphoria
post-election euphoria
euphoria and relief
short-lived euphoria
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Etymology
From Greek euphoria ('power of enduring easily'), from eu ('well') plus pherein ('to bear').
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What is the difference between euphoria and happiness?
Happiness is a broad, often steady sense of contentment or wellbeing. Euphoria is far more intense, usually sudden, and typically brief, and it can occur without any real cause, which is why the word is also used clinically.
What is the opposite of euphoria?
In everyday use, despair or misery. In medicine the technical opposite is 'dysphoria', a state of unease and dissatisfaction with one's mood or situation.
What is 'runner's high'?
It is a wave of euphoria and reduced pain reported after prolonged exercise. Endorphins were long credited for it, though research now points also to endocannabinoids produced during sustained effort.
What is the meaning of euphoria?
"euphoria" (noun) means a feeling of intense happiness and excitement, often sudden and short-lived.
