as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
the euphoric winner was momentarily speechless
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Recent Examples of euphoric
Naltrexone works specifically by blocking opioid receptors in the brain, which disrupts the transmission of signals that produce the euphoric, sedative, and rewarding effects associated with the use of opioid drugs and alcohol.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Mar. 2026
Although state legislative races rarely get the national spotlight, Democrats across the country were positively euphoric at the irony of their Republican nemesis being represented by one of their own.
—Bill Barrow, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
Although state legislative races rarely get the national spotlight, Democrats across the country were positively euphoric at the irony of their Republican nemesis being represented by one of their own.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Videos on social media of people intentionally choking themselves to get a brief euphoric high, often called the blackout challenge, have been circulating for years.
—J.d. Miles, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Mar. 2026
Although state legislative races rarely get the national spotlight, Democrats across the country were positively euphoric at the irony of their Republican nemesis being represented by one of their own.
—Bill Barrow, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
Although state legislative races rarely get the national spotlight, Democrats across the country were positively euphoric at the irony of their Republican nemesis being represented by one of their own.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Videos on social media of people intentionally choking themselves to get a brief euphoric high, often called the blackout challenge, have been circulating for years.
—J.d. Miles, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for euphoric
Adjective
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Douglas, for one, was ecstatic about the opportunity to reunite with his former teammate.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Practitioners can find more than 180 classes per week at The Yoga Barn, an epicenter of yin, vinyasa, Hatha, and kundalini, plus meditation, sound healing, and ecstatic dance.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Eurodance with the bass-heavy Swedish genre EPA-dunk and 3Cha—the giddy electronic dance music from Thaiboy’s home region of Isaan in Thailand—to form a new kind of globalist hyperpop.—
Harry Thorfinn-George,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Their struggle has upturned the tabletop candle that illuminates the scene and any moment will surely extinguish it, effacing the giddy pattern formed by the writhing bodies and glowing, veiny bladder skin.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Euphoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/euphoric. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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