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BE ON CLOUD NINE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feel extreme happiness or elation

Synonyms:

be on cloud nine; exult; jump for joy; walk on air

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "be on cloud nine" is one way to...):

joy; rejoice (feel happiness or joy)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "be on cloud nine"):

rejoice; triumph; wallow (be ecstatic with joy)

Sentence frame:

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