euphoria | meaning of euphoria in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheuphoriaeu‧pho‧ri‧a /juːˈfɔːriə $ jʊ-/ noun [uncountable]    HAPPYan extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement which usually only lasts for a short time  There was a general atmosphere of pessimism after the euphoria of last year.► see thesaurus at pleasureExamples from the Corpuseuphoria• It was against this uneasy background that independence was celebrated in a brief euphoria which all too soon evaporated.• He was a beaming, powerful case of euphoria.• But users put up with this for a feeling of euphoria and heightened sensitivity.• When 1 visited Bandley 3 in November 1983, the atmosphere was a mix of euphoria and panic.• The whole country experienced a period of euphoria after winning the war.• The state of euphoria of a historian who unearths a long-forgotten manuscript may be chemically induced.• The euphoria that new parents feel quickly changes to exhaustion.• Post-war euphoria, when the Big House ransacked its rose-garden and all the village wore roses.Origin euphoria (1600-1700) Greek euphoros “healthy”