ecstasy
noun, plural ec·sta·sies.
Origin of ecstasy
Synonyms for ecstasy
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Related Words for ecstasy
rapture, elation, euphoria, happiness, joy, gladness, transport, trance, beatitude, delectation, fervor, paradise, enthusiasm, cool, enchantment, exaltation, delight, felicity, frenzy, intoxicationExamples from the Web for ecstasy
Contemporary Examples of ecstasy
No more wishing you could feel her hot breath on your neck as she writhes in ecstasy.
All Higuain had to do was pause, mark his target, and kick Argentina to ecstasy.
His experiments most famously introduced the empathogenic drug MDMA into the popular consciousness—under its street name, Ecstasy.
Some have found Ecstasy to be cut with other dangerous chemicals such as pesticides, chlorine, and toxic household cleaners.
It all comes down to MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and its two forms of distribution: Molly and Ecstasy.
Historical Examples of ecstasy
She came down to breakfast singing the words in a sort of ecstasy.
Harriet, The Moses of Her PeopleSarah H. Bradford
Until that ecstasy of release should come, he would do his duty,—yes, his duty.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
But his wife, her face aglow, clasped her hands in an ecstasy of delight.
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
The boy fell into the ecstasy of content that always came with Sidney's presence.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
The very odour of those plums in Johnny's nostrils was the equivalent of ecstasy.
Johnny BearE. T. Seton