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CLOUD NINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cloud nine mean?
• CLOUD NINE (noun)
The noun CLOUD NINE has 1 sense:
1. a state of extreme happiness
Familiarity information: CLOUD NINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of extreme happiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
bliss; blissfulness; cloud nine; seventh heaven; walking on air
Hypernyms ("cloud nine" is a kind of...):
elation (an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cloud nine"):
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