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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
euphoric \euphoric\ adjective strongly experiencing a feeling of well-being; feeling euphoria. Opposite of {dysphoric}. [Narrower terms: {expansive}]
Syn: elated, happy. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Expansive \Ex*pan"sive\ ([e^]ks*p[a^]n"s[i^]v), adjective [Cf. F. expansif.]
1. Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air. [WordNet sense 1]
A more expansive and generous compassion. --Eustace.
His forehead was broad and expansive. --Prescott.
2. causing expansion; as, the expansive force of heat. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. of much expanse; wide-extending; as, an expansive view of the mountains. [PJC]
4. friendly, open, and unrestrained in conversation or discourse; -- of people; as, wine made the guest expansive. [WordNet sense 4]
Syn: effusive, talkative. [WordNet 1.5]
5. characterized by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur. [WordNet sense 3] [WordNet 1.5] -- {Ex*pan"sive*ly}, adverb -{Ex*pan"sive*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
expansive
adjective
1: able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire" [ant: {unexpansive}]
2: impressive in scale; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner" [syn: {grand}]
3: marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
4: friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive" [syn: {talkative}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "expansive": accessible, affable, airy, all jaw, all-embracing, all-inclusive, amiable, ample, amplitudinous, approachable, big, bouncy, broad, buoyant, candid, capacious, chatty, commodious, communicable, communicative, comprehensive, conversable, conversational, copious, deep, demonstrative, dilatable, dilatant, distensive, easy, effervescent, effusive, elastic, enlarging, expandable, expanding, expansible, expansile, expansional, extendable, extended, extending, extensible, extensile, extensional, extensive, extroverted, far-reaching, flip, fluent, frank, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, friendly, full, gabby, garrulous, gassy, generous, genial, glib, gossipy, great, gregarious, gushy, infinite, inflatable, inflationary, large, lavish, liberal, long-winded, loquacious, multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, open, openhanded, outgoing, outspoken, overtalkative, prolix, resilient, roomy, scopic, self-revealing, self-revelatory, smooth, sociable, spacious, spreading, talkative, talky, unconstrained, unhampered, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unsecretive, unshrinking, unsilent, unsuppressed, vast, verbose, volatile, voluble, voluminous, warm, wide, wide-ranging, widespread, windy
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