ecstatic

[ ek-stat-ik ]

/ ɛkˈstæt ɪk /

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adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by ecstasy or a state of sudden, intense, overpowering emotion: an ecstatic frenzy; ecstatic cheering for the winning team.

subject to or in a state of ecstasy; full of joy; rapturous: They are absolutely ecstatic about their new baby.

noun

a person subject to fits of ecstasy: The author, a known ecstatic, could write only in fits of rage or glee.

Nearby words

ecr, ecru, ecs, ecsc, ecstasy, ecstatic, ecstatics, ect, ect-, ectad, ectal

Origin of ecstatic

1620–30; (< Middle French extatique) < Medieval Latin ecstaticus < Greek ekstatikós, equivalent to ek- ec- + statikós static. See ecstasy

Related forms

ec·stat·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·ec·stat·ic, adjectivenon·ec·stat·i·cal·ly, adverbun·ec·stat·ic, adjective

un·ec·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for ecstatic

They were ecstatic, but there is still this sense of, “What does he do again?”
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To say that James Gunn is ecstatic is a vast understatement.
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Face-painted, ecstatic crowds crammed in arenas across the country.
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The daft, ecstatic EDM stomper “A Sky Full of Stars,” meanwhile, seemed destined for club ubiquity.
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Salinger was ecstatic, believing, as Slawenski puts it, that "he had finally won the recognition he so frantically craved."
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But the time for ecstatic pathos had altogether passed away before he rode in at that portal.
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It was an ecstatic experience, a fairy pageant, a supernal revelation of an enchanted landscape.
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And yet she could be ecstatic in the arms of that perfect ass!
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But they were suddenly drawn from their ecstatic state by a change about them.
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Nature stood on tiptoe, ready for carnival, waiting for the opening measures of the ecstatic music of life's renewal.
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British Dictionary definitions for ecstatic

ecstatic

/ (ɛkˈstætɪk) /

adjective

in a trancelike state of great rapture or delight

showing or feeling great enthusiasmecstatic applause

noun

a person who has periods of intense trancelike joy

Derived Forms

ecstatically, adverb

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ecstatic

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noun

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ecstatic

adjective

noun

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