euphorious
euphorious adjective: synonym of euphoric.
Adjective
euphorious (comparative more euphorious, superlative most euphorious)
- Synonym of euphoric.
- […] the conviction is borne in upon the soul, consciously, and perhaps more unconsciously, that there is something like good-will or beneficence at the root of things; that man is a favored, protected, and chosen being, whose supremacy in nature is not an accident; that there is a power that makes...1904, G[ranville] Stanley Hall, “Intellectual Development and Education”, in Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, Religion and Education...
- butt (maomant scoffin, but apoxyomenously deturbaned but thems bleachin banes will be after making a bashman’s haloday out of the euphorious hagiohygiecynicism of his die and be diademmed).1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part II, page 353
- Synonyms:
- euphoric
Synonyms of euphorious
Forms of euphorious
| comparative | more euphorious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most euphorious |
Origin of euphorious
From euphoria + -ous. According to The Century Dictionary, erroneously for *euphorous, from Ancient Greek εὔφορος (eúphoros) (whence euphoria via εὐφορίᾱ (euphoríā) – εὔφορος (eúphoros) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)).
Questions about euphorious
- What does euphorious mean?
- Euphorious means synonym of euphoric.
- What part of speech is euphorious?
- Euphorious is an adjective.
Words near euphorious in the dictionary
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