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happy place

happy place noun: a mental visualization of a pleasant location, performed in order to avoid thinking or dealing with something unpleasant or painful.

Noun

happy place (plural happy places)

  1. (idiomatic) A mental visualization of a pleasant location, performed in order to avoid thinking or dealing with something unpleasant or painful.
  2. (idiomatic) Any place (normally, one's home or some part thereof) regarded (by its owner or tenant) as a place of peace, love, fun, and enjoyment.

Forms of happy place

pluralhappy places

Questions about happy place

What does happy place mean?
Happy place means a mental visualization of a pleasant location, performed in order to avoid thinking or dealing with something unpleasant or painful.
What part of speech is happy place?
Happy place is a noun.
What is the plural of happy place?
The plural of happy place is happy places.

Words near happy place in the dictionary

  1. happy pandas
  2. happy path
  3. happy paths
  4. happy pill
  5. happy pills
  6. happy place
  7. happy places
  8. happy puppet syndrome
  9. happy Ramadan
  10. happy sack
  11. happy sacks

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