seventh heaven

seventh heaven

noun

Definition of SEVENTH HEAVEN

: a state of extreme joy

Examples of SEVENTH HEAVEN

1. <she was in seventh heaven when she received the acceptance letter to medical school>

Origin of SEVENTH HEAVEN

from the seventh being the highest of the seven heavens of Islamic and cabalist doctrine

First Known Use: 1818

Related to SEVENTH HEAVEN

Synonyms: cloud nine, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, ecstasy, swoon, transport

Antonyms: depression

Related Words: exaltation; blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure; reverie, trance; inspiration; fervor, frenzy, madness, passion; cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness

Near Antonyms: misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness; blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes

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