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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
euphoric
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In them, I am euphoric.
▪ It made me laugh; and I have to admit that my laughter was euphoric.
▪ Reports about the successful vaccine took on a euphoric cast.
▪ The sergeant sat down, placed his feet into the ice-cold potassium permanganate solution and heaved a euphoric sigh of relief.
▪ This has resulted in a less than euphoric response from staff across the spectrum.
▪ When they were first introduced they were an enormous boon to the farmer and the initial response was almost euphoric.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
euphoric

euphoric \euphoric\ adj. strongly experiencing a feeling of well-being; feeling euphoria. Opposite of dysphoric. [Narrower terms: expansive]

Syn: elated, happy.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
euphoric

"characterized by euphoria," 1885, originally with reference to cocaine, from euphoria + -ic. The noun meaning "a drug which causes euphoria" also is from 1885. Euphoriant is from 1946 as a noun, 1947 as an adjective.

Wiktionary
euphoric

a. Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria. n. A drug that causes euphoria; a euphoriant.

WordNet
euphoric

adj. exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation [syn: happy] [ant: dysphoric]

Wikipedia
Euphoric (disambiguation)

Euphoric may refer to:

  • Euphoric (album), a 1991 album by Delerium
  • Euphoric (Record Label), a subsidiary of Almighty Records
  • Euphoric (Emulator Program), a utility to run Oric programs in PC and other systems.
Euphoric (album)

Euphoric is an album by Canadian industrial/electronic music group Delerium. It was released in 1991.

Usage examples of "euphoric".

They were lost in the mist of flowing desire as she surrendered to the euphoric splendor of his kiss.

The prick of a needle in her arm sent her into a state of hazy semi-consciousness that progressed to a floating, euphoric sleep.

A rise in the price would bring on the euphoric expectation of huge sums of unearned wealth coming his way, while a fall in price would lead to the terrifying prospect of utter ruin .

Wonder that here where every part of her was covered and forbidden, in the night, all was open and offered and as young, but now he was more euphoric and stimulated than he had ever been, yet at the same time controlled, no longer frantic with lust.

He lay there in wonder, vibrantly aware, euphoric, one arm holding her safe, knowing she was comely as ever a wife could be.

That a violent climax caused the fracture, and their subsequent euphoric sleep masked the fault for both of them is logical, but not provable, and even if it did, she is in no way to blame, no way, dammit .

That a violent climax caused the fracture, and their subsequent euphoric sleep masked the fault for both of them is logical, but not provable, and even if it did, she is in no way to blame, no way, dammit.

There was a self-fermented alcoholic tingle as well, and beneath that a mellowing, relaxing, euphoric haze.

But the biochemists, as ingenious in their way as the gengineers, had promptly devised an antidote for the euphoric in the nectar.

They were poor and tattered, but such was the power of the euphoric in the honey they loved that they were nevertheless carefree and content with their lot.

He was euphoric now, laughing with all the rest, just aware enough to realize that he was drunk for the first time in his life.

Eduin picked up the ripple of laran power emanating from his mind, and was monitor enough to sense the almost euphoric response in the crowd.

Eduin spoke mentally while Saravio cast a euphoric veil over the pain.

She had scoffed at such tales, until she had felt the euphoric touch of the Blessed Sandoval.

The predatorial plant would intravenously pump a euphoric hallucinogen into her system, making her orgasm over and over again, providing them with the juice they dined on, until she literally died of pleasure and dehydration.