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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 happinessplay

  Familiarity information: CLOUD NINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLOUD NINE (noun)


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"):

ecstasy; rapture (a state of elated bliss)


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