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rush

rush

240 3.7
A sudden strong feeling of excitement or pleasure
  • noun
  • /rʌʃ/
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  • After finishing the race, she experienced a rush of adrenaline that made her feel alive.
  • adrenaline rush
  • feel a rush
  • experience the rush

It's good for dopamine rush, but see it as a counter.

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Examples

  • We launched the craft in a rush of excitement and song at eight o'clock.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • By then, she'll be on a sugar rush, so she's gonna be craving a fourth bottle.

  • And then I leave and I feel like a rush of something.

  • I mean, yeah, it's the biggest rush on Earth.

  • It's the biggest rush of your life.

  • You said that you were there and suddenly had this rush of just pure love.

  • They want to experience the rush, the power, right?

  • And I got a rush from nailing the close up.

  • And some teenagers, you know, they get quite a rush from stamp collecting.

  • What a rush huh?

Synonyms

excitement
vsrush
434 1.0

A strong feeling of happiness and eagerness, or something that causes it

is usually sudden and short often from drugs adrenaline or events
thrill
vsrush
283 2.4

A sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure that can include fear

is similar but more often pure pleasure or stimulation from drugs or adrenaline
kick
vsrush
98 4.6

A sudden feeling of energy or excitement

is usually from drugs adrenaline or emotional events rather than taste
euphoria
vsrush
45 6.8

A very strong feeling of happiness and excitement

is a sudden strong stimulation often brief rather than prolonged intense joy
bang
vsrush
  • NSFW
35 8.1

A sudden strong feeling of excitement or pleasure

is the more general sudden strong feeling including emotional events too
sensation
vsrush
26 3.2

A strong feeling of excitement and interest

is more sudden and intense often caused by chemicals or strong events
boot
vsrush
  • Informal
18 8.3

A quick feeling of excitement or pleasure

is broader and also caused by drugs adrenaline or strong emotion
charge
vsrush
15 4.1

A sudden feeling of excitement or thrill

is broader and also caused by chemicals or rapid physiological changes
flush
vsrush
15 4.6

A sudden red color on the face from strong feeling or heat

is about excitement or pleasure not mainly physical redness or warmth
1 4.1

A sudden strong feeling that makes you active and excited

is similar but emphasizes pleasure or stimulation as well as energy
fix of adrenaline
vsrush
  • Informal
6.3

A sudden strong feeling of excitement and energy in a thrilling or stressful situation

is more general and also comes from drugs or emotional highs not only stress

Antonyms

85 1.3

A feeling of being tired and restless when you have nothing to do

52 1.0

A quiet, peaceful feeling that helps you stay steady

Idioms

9.9

To go quickly to the toilet because you have to pee or poo

Compounds

49 2.3

Times at the start and end of the work day when traffic is heavy

6 3.6

A sudden time when many people start a new business to try to get rich

6 3.0

A time when many people go quickly to a place to look for gold

bum's rush
  • Archaic
2 9.5

A quick, rude way to make someone leave

A sudden strong feeling that makes you active and excited

7.8

A tall plant with many soft, upright stems that grows at the edges of ponds and marshes

cotton rush
  • Specialized
9.3

A plant that grows in bogs with white fluffy flower heads

A grass-like wetland plant with thin round stems that spreads along the ground

A tall marsh plant people use to make papyrus

8.8

A tall wild plant with stiff round stems that grows in wet places

jointed rush
  • Australian
8.4

A tall Australian plant that grows in wet places and has hollow stems in separate sections

A water plant with thin leaves that adds oxygen to aquarium water

A water plant with thin leaves used in aquariums to add oxygen

rush grass
  • Specialized
8.1

A plant with thin tough stems that grows in wet places like marshes

rush nut
  • Archaic
9.9

A plant that grows near water and has nut-like parts you can eat

rush aster
  • Specialized
9.1

A wildflower with narrow leaves and pale violet or white flowers that grows in wetlands in North America

rush candle
  • Archaic
9.9

A candle that uses a plant stem as the wick and animal fat to make light

rush family
  • Specialized
6.1

A family of grass-like plants with round stems that grow in wet places

A grass with thin, stiff stems and flower groups covered by leaves that grows in wet ground

9.9

A woody plant from the southeastern United States that has yellow flowers

paper rush
  • Archaic
9.9

A tall marsh plant by the Nile whose stems are used to make paper

scouring rush
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with rough, jointed stems that people once used to clean pots

9.9

A small grass-like plant that grows in wet, low ground

slender rush
  • Specialized
8.1

A plant with thin stems that grows in clumps in wet places like marshes

slender spike rush
  • Specialized
9.0

A water plant with thin leaves kept in aquariums to give oxygen to the water

8.9

A tall grass-like plant with soft upright stems that grows in wet places

spike rush
  • Specialized
8.9

A thin grass-like plant that grows in wet places like marshes

A plant with hollow striped stems used to scrub pots

How Excited

ecstasy
57 6.1
rush
240 3.7
high
  • NSFW
5 7.9

Surface Forms

rush singular
rushes plural

Etymology

Rush came to mean a sudden strong feeling, like a quick 'surge' of excitement or drug effect, which is why we call a fast burst of pleasure or energy a rush.