euphoria
noun
[ juːˈfɔːrɪə ]
• a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
• "in his euphoria, he had become convinced he could defeat them"
Similar:
elation,
happiness,
joy,
joyousness,
delight,
glee,
excitement,
exhilaration,
animation,
jubilation,
exultation,
ecstasy,
bliss,
rapture,
rhapsody,
rhapsodies,
intoxication,
transport(s),
cloud nine,
heaven,
paradise,
seventh heaven,
the top of the world,
Origin:
late 17th century (denoting well-being produced in a sick person by the use of drugs): modern Latin, from Greek, from euphoros ‘borne well, healthy’, from eu ‘well’ + pherein ‘to bear’.
