💊 A mood drug 😊 Causing happiness

euphoriant

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A drug that makes you feel very happy and excited

noun
/juˈfɔːriənt/

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: euforizante

Some athletes use special supplements that act as euphoriants to enhance their performance and mood.

Examples

After taking the herbal euphoriant, she felt an overwhelming sense of joy and energy.
He had never realized before that beer could be such a powerful euphoriant, especially since it wasn't even ready to drink yet.

Fiction book (2002)
Many people enjoy using chocolate as a natural euphoriant due to its mood-lifting properties.

Antonyms

depressant

Specialized

4 5.5

A drug like alcohol that slows brain activity and makes you calmer

Surface Forms

euphoriant singular

euphoriants plural

Morphology

euphoriant = euphoria (transparent) = euphoria + ant

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ant' to 'euphoria' to indicate something that causes or produces euphoria, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word euphoriant comes from Greek parts eu- 'good' and phorein 'to carry', and is related to the word euphoria. Think of a euphoriant as something that 'carries' you into strong happiness, which is why the word names drugs that produce feelings of elation.