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EUPHORIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation
Classified under:
Similar:
euphoriant (tending to produce euphoria)
expansive (marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur)
Also:
elated (exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits)
happy (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure)
Antonym:
dysphoric (generalized feeling of distress)
Derivation:
euphory (a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation)