cloud nine

noun

Definition of cloud ninenext
as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion I've been on cloud nine ever since I landed my dream job

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Recent Examples of cloud nine But a stroke of fate in James’ (Damian Hardung) family changes everything and James himself, of all people, brings her back from cloud nine to a harsh reality. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025 Grab Brooklinen’s Down Comforter, too, for a cloud nine–level snooze sesh. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2025 Lottie Woad has been living on cloud nine so far this July, with two wins and a top-five finish in as many professional events. — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025 Angel Reese racked up one rebound after another in Chicago as a rookie, bringing Sky fans to cloud nine. — Ben Pickman, New York Times, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cloud nine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloud nine
  1. ecstasy
  2. heaven
  3. joy
  4. happiness
  5. high
  6. transport
  7. seventh heaven
  8. delight
Noun
  • Her eyes were cast upward, as the saint’s had been, in her own private ecstasy.
    — Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
  • St Rita de Cascia in ecstasy in front of the figure of Christ on the cross, 19th century.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ecstasy
Noun
  • This world’s heavens are lit with cosmic rays, its cityscapes otherworldly — everything seems to service an unabashed romanticism.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And thanks to Tucson’s extraordinarily dark heavens, the Sonoran skyscape takes center stage with Peace Among the Stars.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of heaven
Noun
  • The joy in this book is how once-secret desire is eventually and fully met by, and with, love.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • One of them was Maggie Bieritz, one of those people who radiates joy and wit.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of joy
Noun
  • Still, some royal observers don’t think their happiness will last.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The happiness was real, for a time, but the two artists, each with his own distinct problems and needs, were not going to be happy together, or with anyone else, for long.
    — Alan Hollinghurst, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of happiness
Noun
  • With housing costs near historic highs, homeownership can feel like a distant dream.
    — Michelle Vartan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • European benchmark natural gas prices neared their recent high from mid-September earlier on Thursday before pulling back.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of high
Noun
  • Industry analysts observe that if market participants believed crude transport could permanently rely on rerouting, alternative ports, and emergency reserve releases, oil prices should have pulled back meaningfully.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The backstory Capella’s first Thai outpost shares the Chao Phraya Estate, a big-bucks development just downstream from the river’s major transport hub, with the Four Seasons Bangkok.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of transport
Noun
  • Your sixth sense — the one beyond sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell — may be leading you to seventh heaven, the very height of happiness.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
Definition of seventh heaven
Noun
  • The more these three play together, the more the emotional register of their music keeps breaching into delight.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Even Jeff, post-premiere, has been a delight, just kind of letting the game play out and not foisting metaphors upon us at Tribal Council.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of delight

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“Cloud nine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloud%20nine. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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