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Synonym or a defining term

wolfric · 2009-12-14 01:01:49

I'm looking for a term to accurately describe happiness but in a non excited state. Some examples : -Imagine someone you thought was dead you found to be alive and looking into their eyes or hugging them.... -Lovers that have made up or saying "I love you" for the first time. -Some people might get it looking at something…

14-12-2009 1:01am

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wolfric

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I'm looking for a term to accurately describe happiness but in a non excited state. Some examples :
-Imagine someone you thought was dead you found to be alive and looking into their eyes or hugging them....
-Lovers that have made up or saying "I love you" for the first time.
-Some people might get it looking at something like a sunset or something of nature...

It's more of a calm almost melancholy (not necessarily pensive) state of happiness or content. Perhaps in that you appreciate a deep state of happiness.
I heard it described (some what inaccurately) as happiness through sadness.
Can anyone offer me any terminology for this?

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#4 14-12-2009 1:26pm

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'Bliss' and 'serenity' might describe the first couple of examples. However, the happiness through sadness notion might best be desceibed with 'maudlin' or 'mawkish' or borrowing from the Portuguese saudade.

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