cloud 9
Peak of happiness
Cloud 9 is a state of blissful happiness or euphoria: She's been on cloud 9 ever since she got the promotion.
The phrase suggests floating above ordinary concerns, removed from earthly troubles.
Often appears as on cloud 9 or on cloud nine.
The origin of the specific number is unclear, though various folk etymologies circulate.
- happinessJoyful emotional state
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- joyIntense positive emotion
pure bliss · nirvana · rapture · euphoria · ecstasy · heaven · jubilation · paradise · walking on air · ethereal · overjoyed · elation · delight · tickled pink · soaring · gleeful · dreamlike · living the dream
cloud 9rock bottom
Lowest possible level
in the dumps · the pits · down in the dumps · devastated · crushed
cloud 9rock bottom
Lowest possible level
hell on earth · in the gutter · hitting bottom · in dire straits · down on one's luck
cloud 9down to earth
Realistic and practical
grounded · feet on the ground · reality · sobered up · levelheaded
- storm cloudsRain-bearing atmospheric formations
- head in the cloudsAbsorbed in fantasy
- on cloud nineExtremely elated state
- rain cloudPrecipitation-bearing atmospheric formation
- partly cloudySky with scattered coverage
- cloud nineState of extreme elation
cloud, clouds, cloudy, cloudier, cloudiest, cloudiness, clouded, clouding, cloudless