noun
intense exaltation of mind and feelings
was in ecstasy over flying
Synonyms: heaven, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, transport; compare exhilaration
Related Word: beatitude, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, felicity, gladness, happiness; delectation, delight, elation, joy, joyfulness, overjoyfulness, pleasure; enchantment, euphoria, intoxication, madness; exaltation, inspiration; paradise; afflatus, frenzy, fury
Idioms: cloud nine
Contrasted words: dejection, downheartedness, lowness, lowspiritedness, oppression; blues, dumps, melancholy
Antonyms: depression