ecstatic

[ ek-stat-ik ]
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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.

Origin of ecstatic

1
First recorded in 1620–30; from Middle French extatique, and Medieval Latin ecstaticus, from Greek ekstatikós, derivative of ecstasy + -ic

Other words from ecstatic

  • 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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How to use ecstatic in a sentence

  • Yes, his first love, though just as imperative, had been more ecstatic; the reaching for an ideal rather than the body of a woman.

    Cytherea | Joseph Hergesheimer
  • The more ecstatic or the more tragic experience is, the more unmistakably it is the voice of matter.

    Soliloquies in England | George Santayana
  • Hugo lay on his bed, more ecstatic than he had ever been in his life.

    Gladiator | Philip Wylie
  • So the captain varied it with more and more ecstatic exhibitions.

    The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
  • Some few there are, undoubtedly, more ecstatic in this great deed of their religion.

    A Ride across Palestine | Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for ecstatic

ecstatic

/ (ɛkˈstætɪk) /


adjective
  1. in a trancelike state of great rapture or delight

  2. showing or feeling great enthusiasm: ecstatic applause

noun
  1. a person who has periods of intense trancelike joy

Derived forms of ecstatic

  • ecstatically, adverb

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