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WALKING ON AIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("walking on air" 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 "walking on air"):
ecstasy; rapture (a state of elated bliss)
Derivation:
walk on air (feel extreme happiness or elation)
