ecstatic

ec·stat·ic

 (ĕk-stăt′ĭk)

adj.

1. Marked by or expressing ecstasy.

2. Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured.


[French extatique, from Greek ekstatikos, from ekstasis, distraction; see ecstasy.]


ec·stat′i·cal·ly adv.

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ecstatic

(ɛkˈstætɪk)

adj

1. in a trancelike state of great rapture or delight

2. showing or feeling great enthusiasm: ecstatic applause.

n

a person who has periods of intense trancelike joy

ecˈstatically adv

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ec•stat•ic

(ɛkˈstæt ɪk)

adj.

1. of or characterized by ecstasy.

2. subject to or in a state of ecstasy.

n.

3. a person subject to fits of ecstasy.

[1620–30; (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin < Greek]

ec•stat′i•cal•ly, adv.

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ecstatic

adjective rapturous, entranced, enthusiastic, frenzied, joyous, fervent, joyful, elated, over the moon (informal), overjoyed, blissful, delirious, euphoric, enraptured, on cloud nine (informal), cock-a-hoop, blissed out, transported, rhapsodic, sent, walking on air, in seventh heaven, floating on air, in exaltation, in transports of delight He was ecstatic about the birth of his first child.

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Translations

begejstretekstatisk

elragadtatott

frá sér numinn

extatický

kendinden geçmişmest

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ecstatic

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ecstatic

[ɛksˈtætɪk] adjestatico/a, in estasi

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ecstasy

(ˈekstəsi)

1. noun, plural ˈecstasies (a feeling of) very great joy or other overwhelming emotion.

2. (no plural) a narcotic drug.

ecˈstatic (-ˈstӕ-) adjective

an ecstatic mood.

ecˈstatically adverb

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