euphoria

WOTD - 12 July 2010    

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Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek εὐφορία (euphoria), from εὔφορος (“bearing well”), from εὖ (eu, “well”) + φέρειν (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /juːˈfɔːɹiə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːriə

Noun

euphoria (plural euphorias)

1. An excited state of joy, a good feeling, a state of intense happiness.

Antonyms

• dysphoria
• bad trip

Derived terms

• euphoriant
• euphoric
• euphorically
• euphorigenic

Translations

an excited state of joy

Catalan: eufòria (ca) f. Czech: euforie (cs) f. Danish: eufori (da) Estonian: eufooria Finnish: euforia (fi) French: euphorie (fr) f., (colloquial) pêche (fr) f., (colloquial) frite (fr) f. German: Euphorie (de) f., Hochgefühl (de) n., Glücksgefühl (de) n. Greek: ευφορία (el) (efforía) f. Hungarian: eufória (hu) Indonesian: suka cita, kegembiraan

Italian: euforia (it) f. Korean: 다행증 (dahaengjeung) Norwegian: eufori (no) m. Polish: euforia (pl) f. Portuguese: euforia (pt) f. Romanian: euforie (ro) f. Russian: эйфория (ru) f., радостное настроение (ru) n., приподнятое состояние (ru) n. Spanish: euforia (es) f. Swedish: eufori (sv)

External links

• euphoria in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• euphoria at OneLook Dictionary Search