Euphoric
adjective
Feeling extremely happy, excited or delighted.
He felt euphoric after his team won the championship.
Often appears as...
- euphoric feeling
- euphoric mood
adjective
Feeling or showing a state of intense happiness or self-confidence.
The euphoric effects of the drug can last for several hours.
Often appears as...
- euphoric effect
- euphoric state
adjective
Feeling extremely happy, excited or delighted.
He felt euphoric after his team won the championship.
Often appears as...
- euphoric feeling
- euphoric mood
adjective
Feeling or showing a state of intense happiness or self-confidence.
The euphoric effects of the drug can last for several hours.
Often appears as...
- euphoric effect
- euphoric state
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Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Use 'euphoric' for feelings stronger than just being happy or pleased; it's a powerful emotion.
Winning the lottery left her feeling absolutely euphoric.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Happy
'Euphoric' often implies a surprising or unexpected intense happiness, more than usual contentment.
She was euphoric when she found her long-lost wedding ring.
Pro Tip 3/3Brief Bliss
Euphoria can be fleeting; use 'euphoric' for a high level of happiness that might be momentary.
He experienced a euphoric rush when his name was called as the winner.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Use 'euphoric' for feelings stronger than just being happy or pleased; it's a powerful emotion.
Winning the lottery left her feeling absolutely euphoric.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Happy
'Euphoric' often implies a surprising or unexpected intense happiness, more than usual contentment.
She was euphoric when she found her long-lost wedding ring.
Pro Tip 3/3Brief Bliss
Euphoria can be fleeting; use 'euphoric' for a high level of happiness that might be momentary.
He experienced a euphoric rush when his name was called as the winner.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Use 'euphoric' for feelings stronger than just being happy or pleased; it's a powerful emotion.
Winning the lottery left her feeling absolutely euphoric.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Happy
'Euphoric' often implies a surprising or unexpected intense happiness, more than usual contentment.
She was euphoric when she found her long-lost wedding ring.
Pro Tip 3/3Brief Bliss
Euphoria can be fleeting; use 'euphoric' for a high level of happiness that might be momentary.
He experienced a euphoric rush when his name was called as the winner.
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Video examples
Roz Savage: Why I'm...
I was euphoric. And to see all the people coming out to greet me and standing along the cliff tops and clapping and cheering, I just felt like a movie star. It was absolutely wonderful. And I really learned then that, the bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of achievement
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What is bipolar...
it can feel impossible to find the balance necessary to lead a healthy life. Type 1's extreme highs are known as manic episodes, and they can make a person range from feeling irritable to invincible. But these euphoric episodes exceed ordinary feelings of joy,
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The pattern behind...
That is, you decrease the amount of dopamine, and their tendency to see patterns like that decreases. On the other hand, amphetamines like cocaine are dopamine agonists. They increase the amount of dopamine. So you're more likely to feel in a euphoric state,
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Risk Takers: Extreme...
and you've really separated out the fear and the ego and you've checked in with your gut, there's this beautiful moment of clarity and, kind of, freedom that I feel. And it's kind of, it's this euphoric and rare thing. And as you take that last stroke,
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Simon Lewis: Don't take...
I'm looking down, but let me tell you how I felt at that point. I didn't feel empty; I felt everything simultaneously. I felt empty and full, hot and cold, euphoric and depressed because the brain is the world's first fully functional quantum computer;
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Sex Addiction PIPE Taboo
think of when I was actually having the sexual act it was very euphoric and it always felt good always it's this euphoria that makes sense it's so addictive for sex addiction the biological reward is so powerful when you have a sexual release
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The mood-boosting power...
endorphins, they are a gift. As the labor progresses, those endorphins will rise to help her with a potentially long labor. As a result, the mom is better able to cope, and she can feel more alert and almost euphoric after the birth.
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World's Most Dangerous...
again even when they succeed in getting a hold of meth human addicts can feel just as trapped as the frantic Mouse they just keep chasing that first euphoric high but it keeps getting harder and harder
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Why is being scared so...
Your body is already in a euphoric state. You're just relabeling the experience. And though the threat response is universal, research shows differences between individuals
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Deadly Snake Bite! PIPE...
the setting couldn't have been more idyllic I really was euphoric thinking what a wonderful day this was it's not ever expecting that I was going to
Video examples
Roz Savage: Why I'm...
I was euphoric. And to see all the people coming out to greet me and standing along the cliff tops and clapping and cheering, I just felt like a movie star. It was absolutely wonderful. And I really learned then that, the bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of achievement
Video examples
What is bipolar...
it can feel impossible to find the balance necessary to lead a healthy life. Type 1's extreme highs are known as manic episodes, and they can make a person range from feeling irritable to invincible. But these euphoric episodes exceed ordinary feelings of joy,
Video examples
The pattern behind...
That is, you decrease the amount of dopamine, and their tendency to see patterns like that decreases. On the other hand, amphetamines like cocaine are dopamine agonists. They increase the amount of dopamine. So you're more likely to feel in a euphoric state,
Video examples
Risk Takers: Extreme...
and you've really separated out the fear and the ego and you've checked in with your gut, there's this beautiful moment of clarity and, kind of, freedom that I feel. And it's kind of, it's this euphoric and rare thing. And as you take that last stroke,
Video examples
Simon Lewis: Don't take...
I'm looking down, but let me tell you how I felt at that point. I didn't feel empty; I felt everything simultaneously. I felt empty and full, hot and cold, euphoric and depressed because the brain is the world's first fully functional quantum computer;
Video examples
Sex Addiction PIPE Taboo
think of when I was actually having the sexual act it was very euphoric and it always felt good always it's this euphoria that makes sense it's so addictive for sex addiction the biological reward is so powerful when you have a sexual release
Video examples
The mood-boosting power...
endorphins, they are a gift. As the labor progresses, those endorphins will rise to help her with a potentially long labor. As a result, the mom is better able to cope, and she can feel more alert and almost euphoric after the birth.
Video examples
World's Most Dangerous...
again even when they succeed in getting a hold of meth human addicts can feel just as trapped as the frantic Mouse they just keep chasing that first euphoric high but it keeps getting harder and harder
Video examples
Why is being scared so...
Your body is already in a euphoric state. You're just relabeling the experience. And though the threat response is universal, research shows differences between individuals
Video examples
Deadly Snake Bite! PIPE...
the setting couldn't have been more idyllic I really was euphoric thinking what a wonderful day this was it's not ever expecting that I was going to
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Quote examples
Kaskade
American Musician
People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happiness, and these big euphoric moments. It would always bug me when I'd go to a club, and they're playing some chick on a stripper pole on the monitor behind me. I'm like, 'So that's not what I do - that's the other guy.
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McG
American Director
There's no doubt that there's certain songs and arrangements of music that release a chemical reaction in my brain. This sounds a little goofy, but I really believe that. It's such a euphoric experience that I sort of want to chase that experience as often as possible.
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Gary Chapman
American Author
I thought the whole thing was you fall in love with somebody, and it's so wonderful, and it's so euphoric, and it's going to be that way forever. Nobody told me that two years after you fall in love, you're going to come down off the euphoria.
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Mark Manson
American Author
Pain is important, and changing who you are is difficult, painful, and scary. Most of the self-help industry sees change as this euphoric, liberating thing and tells you that you can be happy all the time. I think the opposite.
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Florence Welch
English Musician
I always seem to feel that everything is about to cave in on me. I think that maybe music is my protection from that and in some senses it's an outlet to turn it into something euphoric: embracing the eventual decline.
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Jamie xx
English Musician
At festivals, you can go a lot bigger than a club and have massive euphoric moments because there are so many people there all feeling the same thing.
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Nadine Coyle
Irish Musician
My favourite smell is bleach. If I walk into the house and there's things being bleached, it just makes me feel at home, euphoric almost.
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Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
American Journalist
To go in the water and stare at a shrimp for three minutes and not think about anything else in the world, it's just euphoric.
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Tommy Shaw
American Musician
When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.
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Hilary Swank
American Actress
Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric.
Quote examples
Kaskade
American Musician
People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happiness, and these big euphoric moments. It would always bug me when I'd go to a club, and they're playing some chick on a stripper pole on the monitor behind me. I'm like, 'So that's not what I do - that's the other guy.
Quote examples
McG
American Director
There's no doubt that there's certain songs and arrangements of music that release a chemical reaction in my brain. This sounds a little goofy, but I really believe that. It's such a euphoric experience that I sort of want to chase that experience as often as possible.
Quote examples
Gary Chapman
American Author
I thought the whole thing was you fall in love with somebody, and it's so wonderful, and it's so euphoric, and it's going to be that way forever. Nobody told me that two years after you fall in love, you're going to come down off the euphoria.
Quote examples
Mark Manson
American Author
Pain is important, and changing who you are is difficult, painful, and scary. Most of the self-help industry sees change as this euphoric, liberating thing and tells you that you can be happy all the time. I think the opposite.
Quote examples
Florence Welch
English Musician
I always seem to feel that everything is about to cave in on me. I think that maybe music is my protection from that and in some senses it's an outlet to turn it into something euphoric: embracing the eventual decline.
Quote examples
Jamie xx
English Musician
At festivals, you can go a lot bigger than a club and have massive euphoric moments because there are so many people there all feeling the same thing.
Quote examples
Nadine Coyle
Irish Musician
My favourite smell is bleach. If I walk into the house and there's things being bleached, it just makes me feel at home, euphoric almost.
Quote examples
Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
American Journalist
To go in the water and stare at a shrimp for three minutes and not think about anything else in the world, it's just euphoric.
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Tommy Shaw
American Musician
When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.
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Hilary Swank
American Actress
Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric.
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