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ecstatic

[ ek-stat-ik ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by ecstasy or a state of sudden, intense, overpowering emotion:

    an ecstatic frenzy;

    ecstatic cheering for the winning team.

  2. subject to or in a state of ecstasy; full of joy; rapturous:

    They are absolutely ecstatic about their new baby.



noun

  1. a person subject to fits of ecstasy:

    The author, a known ecstatic, could write only in fits of rage or glee.

ecstatic

/ ɛkˈstætɪk /

adjective

  1. in a trancelike state of great rapture or delight
  2. showing or feeling great enthusiasm

    ecstatic applause

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a person who has periods of intense trancelike joy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ecˈstatically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • ec·stati·cal·ly adverb
  • nonec·static adjective
  • nonec·stati·cal·ly adverb
  • unec·static adjective
  • unec·stati·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ecstatic1

First recorded in 1620–30; from Middle French extatique, and Medieval Latin ecstaticus, from Greek ekstatikós, derivative of ecstasy + -ic ( def )
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Example Sentences

They were ecstatic, but there is still this sense of, “What does he do again?”

To say that James Gunn is ecstatic is a vast understatement.

And it has spurred a near-ecstatic state among the faithful.

Face-painted, ecstatic crowds crammed in arenas across the country.

The daft, ecstatic EDM stomper “A Sky Full of Stars,” meanwhile, seemed destined for club ubiquity.

At last she had fallen asleep and dreamed ecstatic dreams about diamond necklaces and thousand franc notes.

There is no question as to the ecstatic, nay frenzied state many of them attained.

Scientists on the moon—being as singleminded as scientists anywhere—became ecstatic.

He discovers that no amount of austerities will extinguish desire, or produce ecstatic contemplation.

His return in the spring still filled him with ecstatic joy for a short time.

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