delight the feeling you have when you are very pleased and excited because something good has happened
They watched with delight as their new son started walking.
To her delight, she discovered the perfect wedding present.
bliss a feeling of very great happiness and great pleasure – used when something has a great effect on your senses
Lying in the warm sun and listening to the sea felt like sheer bliss (=complete bliss).
Her idea of bliss is to be curled up on the sofa watching a romantic comedy with a big bowl of popcorn.
The happy couple looked a picture of domestic bliss.
elation written a feeling of great happiness and excitement, especially because you have achieved something or something good has happened to you
As they reached the top, the climbers experienced a moment of elation.
Her mood suddenly changed from tears and misery to a feeling of elation.
euphoria an extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement, especially because you have achieved something, or because of the effects of a drug
The euphoria that new parents feel quickly changes to exhaustion.
The euphoria of Ireland’s amazing victory over England last Sunday has died away.
The drug produces a feeling of euphoria.
ecstasy an extremely strong feeling of happiness and pleasure, especially sexual pleasure
It was a moment of sheer ecstasy (=complete ecstasy).
the ecstasy of their love-making
Examples from the Corpus
happiness• Happiness is more important than money.• On the lowerdeck, where all the people are, there is the sense of an outrageous and clarifyinghappiness.• I doubt she'll findhappiness with Gary.• Frankly, she could survive in great happiness for a very long time without ever settingeyes on him again.• I began to realize that there was no happiness for me in life.• It makes me very happy but it's a frighteningkind of happiness.• There was only one small patch of disappointment in his vista of happiness.• Pauline was willing to do anything for her children's happiness.• Money is not the key to happiness.• The suffering of the present ... is unlikely to be redeemed by a future of universalhappiness.