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rush

rush

126 3.7
A sudden strong feeling of excitement or pleasure
  • noun
  • /rʌʃ/
: subidón
  • 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
417 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
245 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
152 4.6

A sudden feeling of energy or excitement

is usually from drugs adrenaline or emotional events rather than taste
euphoria
vsrush
41 6.8

A very strong feeling of happiness and excitement

is a sudden strong stimulation often brief rather than prolonged intense joy
sensation
vsrush
17 3.2

A strong feeling of excitement and interest

is more sudden and intense often caused by chemicals or strong events
charge
vsrush
16 4.1

A sudden feeling of excitement or thrill

is broader and also caused by chemicals or rapid physiological changes
flush
vsrush
10 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
boot
vsrush
  • Informal
6 8.3

A quick feeling of excitement or pleasure

is broader and also caused by drugs adrenaline or strong emotion
bang
vsrush
  • NSFW
5 8.1

A sudden strong feeling of excitement or pleasure

is the more general sudden strong feeling including emotional events too
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

106 1.0

A quiet, peaceful feeling that helps you stay steady

83 1.3

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

Idioms

9.9

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

Compounds

56 2.3

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

19 3.0

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

8 3.6

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

bum's rush
  • Archaic
3 9.5

A quick, rude way to make someone leave

A sudden strong feeling that makes you active and excited

scouring rush
  • Specialized
1 9.9

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

spike rush
  • Specialized
1 8.9

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

rush grass
  • Specialized
1 8.1

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

1 8.7

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

rush candle
  • Archaic
1 9.9

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

1 9.9

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

1 9.9

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

1 8.9

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

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 used in aquariums to add oxygen

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 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

paper rush
  • Archaic
9.9

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

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

A plant with hollow striped stems used to scrub pots

How Excited

ecstasy
62 6.1
rush
126 3.7
high
  • NSFW
54 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.