(n.) A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.
(n.) Hence, any delightful place.
Example Sentences:
(1) Blomkamp’s last film, Elysium, felt in some ways like a Hollywoodised take on his breakthrough movie District 9, the introduction of A-list American stars substantially reducing the sense of grimy realism.
(2) Running in circles might become a bearable version of hell for a man banished from Elysium.
(3) From one perspective, this cover calls to mind illustrations found in The Watchtower, the Jehovah Witness house journal, in which perfect 1950s-style families picnic in Elysium fields surrounded by lions and lambs happily lying down with one another.
(4) And then within one year Oblivion came out, Elysium came out and Edge of Tomorrow came out, and all of a sudden Exo was in every holiday movie,” studio co-founder Michael Condrey told Eurogamer .
Euphoric
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Why do they want to take away this cheer that identifies us, that is lovely, that is euphoric, and that is in no way homophobic?” 4.
(2) After a weekend of euphoric, inspiring feminist solidarity , this is a heavy blow for women, and I have no doubt the men who marched alongside us will feel the same.
(3) This applies also to the euphoric forms which usually are still assigned to Manic-depressive illness.
(4) Meanwhile, in March this year, when the HS2 bill passed the Commons, Steer was euphoric.
(5) These studies suggest that the antihistamine tripelennamine has abuse potential, and that in combination with pentazocine, the euphoric effects of the opioid are enhanced and its dysphoric properties attenuated.
(6) Or perhaps just a tad euphoric if you prefer actual money to percentages.
(7) A review of the original medical, historical and other pertinent literature of the last 350 years illustrates the origins of the use of coca leaf, its spread, the isolation of cocaine and its first uses, as well as some of the euphoric and other effects of both substances.
(8) And, as a couple of new films show, the onscreen relationship between gay sexuality and a countryside setting can take many forms: often stifling or threatening but sometimes also liberating, even euphoric.
(9) Dysphoric states were observed in a patient immediately after right unilateral and bilateral ECT, while euphoric states followed left unilateral ECT, suggesting that disruption of lateralized neural mechanisms may have been involved in the pathophysiology of the affective states.
(10) The euphorically tearful singer will be awarded the customary prize of a £1m recording contract, and accorded all the glittering privileges of celebrity status, until the end of the year at least.
(11) Infusion mood responses were classified as euphoric, neutral, mixed or dysphoric.
(12) The euphoric McAllister, sometimes referred to as Merkel's lapdog, threw an arm around her shoulder.
(13) Particularly few psychoses among the relatives have been found in the euphoric forms which demonstrates their independency for if they would belong to Manic-depressive illness they necessarily would show the heavy genetic loading of this bipolar illness.
(14) The mental state was characterized by an expressed mental retardation with some special traits: relatively well developed speech, talkativeness, good-naturedness, an euphoric mood, inactivity and poor motor functioning.
(15) We did not confirm previous reports that nonresponders to lithium alone (Group 2) were more overactive or paranoid--destructive or less euphoric--grandiose than responders to lithium alone (Group 1).
(16) Thus, a fluctuating confusional state associated with myoclonus suggested a PM St. A state of confusion with alteration of the emotional sphere evoked especially a Ps M St. A confusional state associated with behavioural disorders of euphoric type and to programmation difficulties was seen mainly in F St.
(17) However, euphoric mood changes were more pronounced, and adverse effects were less pronounced, in the present study, possibly due to the shorter duration of gas inhalation or the minimal tests of performance involved.
(18) This isn't quite the euphoric picture painted by three hours of debate in the Commons last week, hailing a charter agreement that most MPs hadn't read.
(19) Despite the praise, their follow-up, Euphoric Heartbreak , an album NME gave nine out of 10 stars (which means it is, in that magazine's opinion, one of the very best albums of 2011), has sold just 30,000 since it came out this April, a fall of 90%.
(20) There was a euphoric sense that after decades of tyranny, the Chinese people had found the courage to take full control of their lives and attempt to change the fate of their nation.