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noun
- 1. an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement: "there was a look of ecstasy on his face"
- 2. an emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence.
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noun. uk / ˈek.stə.si / us / ˈek.stə.si / ecstasy noun (EMOTION) Add to word list. [ C or U ] a state of extreme happiness, especially when feeling pleasure: in ecstasy She threw her head back as if in ecstasy. sexual ecstasy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pleasure and happiness. abandon. afterglow. beatitude. bed of roses idiom.
The meaning of ECSTASY is a state of overwhelming emotion; especially : rapturous delight. How to use ecstasy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Ecstasy.
Ecstasy can mean a feeling or it can also be a state of being, so you might say, “I’m in ecstasy because this pumpkin pie tastes so delicious!” Definitions of ecstasy noun
ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation share a sense of being taken or moved out of one’s self or one’s normal state, and entering a state of intensified or heightened feeling.
Ecstasy suggests an intensification of emotion so powerful as to produce a trancelike dissociation from all but the single overpowering feeling: an ecstasy of rage, grief, love. Rapture shares the power of ecstasy but most often refers to an elevated sensation of bliss or delight, either carnal or spiritual: the rapture of first love.
Definition of ecstasy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun, plural ecstasies (a feeling of) very great joy or other overwhelming emotion. ekstasi. The sweet melody filled him with ecstasy. no plural. a narcotic drug. ekstasi. See also. ecstatically. (Translation of ecstasy from the PASSWORD English–Malay Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd) Examples of ecstasy. ecstasy.
1. Intense joy or delight. 2. A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control: an ecstasy of rage. 3. The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. 4. often Ecstasy Slang MDMA.
ecstasy meaning, definition, what is ecstasy: a feeling of extreme happiness: Learn more.
noun. ecstasies. A feeling of overpowering joy; great delight; rapture. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A state of being overpowered by emotion, as by joy, grief, or passion. An ecstasy of delight. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A trance, esp. one resulting from religious fervor. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. MDMA.
