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n. Informal.

A state of elation or great happiness: was on cloud nine after winning the marathon.


 
 
Thesaurus: cloud nine

noun

    A state of elated bliss: ecstasy, heaven, paradise, rapture, seventh heaven, transport. See happy/unhappy.

 
Idioms: on cloud nine

Blissfully happy, as in Ever since he proposed to her, her parents have been on cloud nine. The exact allusion of nine in this term is unclear, and different figures, especially seven (perhaps alluding to seventh heaven), are sometimes substituted. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a state of extreme happiness
  Synonyms: bliss, blissfulness, seventh heaven, walking on air

 
 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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