CLOUD NINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A state of extreme happiness

Synonyms:

bliss; blissfulness; cloud nine; seventh heaven; walking on air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cloud nine" is a kind of...):

elation (an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cloud nine"):

ecstasy; rapture (a state of elated bliss)

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