euphoria n : a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation [ant: dysphoria]

English

Etymology

From (euphoria)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːriə

Noun

euphoria

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

Translations

• French: euphorie
• Estonian: eufooria
• Spanish: euforia
• Indonesian: suka cita, kegembiraan
• Polish: euforia
• Portuguese: euforia
• Russian: эйфория
• Finnish: euforia
• Swedish: eufori
• Danish: eufori
• German: Euphorie

Derived terms

• euphoriant
• euphoric
• euphorically
• euphorigenic

Euphoria or euphoric may refer to:

• Euphoria (emotion), a state of very intense happiness and feelings of well-being
• 4-Methyl-aminorex (commonly known as "Euphoria" or "U4EA"), a stimulant drug with effects comparable to methamphetamine
• Euphoria (beetle), genus of scarab beetles
• New York Euphoria (formerly "Team Euphoria"), a team in the Lingerie Football League

An album:

• Euphoria (Def Leppard album)
• Euphoria (compilations), a number of trance compilations on the Telstar Records label
• Euphoric, a 1991 album by Delerium

A song:

• "Euphoria", a song by DJ Tiësto from his album Parade of the Athletes
• "Euphoria", by Kyle Ward from the video game In the Groove
• "Euphoria", by Collide from the 2003 album Some Kind of Strange
• "Euphoria (Definite Mix)", by André Schneider from the 2004 album Lover's Space
• "Euphoria", by Sirenia from the 2004 album An Elixir for Existence
• "Euphoria (Firefly)", by Delerium from the 1997 album Karma

A musical group:

• EUPHORIA (American Band), a 1960s American Sunshine Pop band
• Euphoria (Australian band), a 1990s Australian pop/dance trio
• Euphoria (Indian band), an active Indian rock group formed in 1989.
• Euphoria (music project), an active Canadian dance music project formed in the 1990s
• Euphoria (Japanese band), a post-rock band from Tokyo, Japan.

In film and television:

• Euphoria (film), a Russian 2006 dramatic film by Ivan Vyrypayev
• "Euphoria, Part 1" and "Euphoria, Part 2" (2006), a two-part episode of the American television series House

In computing:

• Euphoria (software), game animation engine software by NaturalMotion
• Euphoria (programming language), an interpreted programming language

Euphoria may also be:

• a propaganda technique meant to induce the emotion euphoria in order to boost morale or acceptance

See also

• Euphorbia - a plant genus

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