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seventh heaven

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of seventh heaven

a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
  • She was in seventh heaven when she received the acceptance letter to medical school.
Synonyms of seventh heaven

cloud nine, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, swoon, transport
Words Related to seventh heaven

exaltation

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure

reverie, trance

inspiration

fervor, frenzy, madness, passion

cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness
Near Antonyms of seventh heaven

misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness

blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes
Antonyms of seventh heaven

depression

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