New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Ecstatic — Ec*stat ic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. extatique. See {Ecstasy}, n.] 1. Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance. [1913 Webster] This ecstatic fit of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ecstatic — 1590s, mystically absorbed, stupefied, from Gk. ekstatikos unstable, from ekstasis (see ECSTATIC (Cf. ecstatic)). Meaning characterized by intense emotions is from 1660s, now usually pleasurable ones, but not originally always so. Related:… … Etymology dictionary
Ecstatic — Ec*stat ic, n. An enthusiast. [R.] Gauden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ecstatic — adjective approving, beatific, beside oneself, blissful, carried away, delighted, delirious with joy, dithyrambic, elated, elevated, emotional, enchanted, enraptured, enthusiastic, entranced, excited, exultant, felicitous, full of feeling, glad,… … Law dictionary
ecstatic — [adj] very happy, blissful athrill, beatific, crazy, delirious, dreamy, elated, enraptured, enthusiastic, entranced, euphoric, fervent, floating, flying high*, frenzied, gone*, high*, in exaltation, in seventh heaven*, joyful, joyous, mad, on… … New thesaurus
ecstatic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling or characterized by ecstasy. ► NOUN ▪ a person who is subject to mystical experiences. DERIVATIVES ecstatically adverb … English terms dictionary
ecstatic — [ek stat′ik, ikstat′ik] adj. [ML ecstaticus < Gr ekstatikos] 1. of, having the nature of, or characterized by ecstasy 2. causing, or caused by, ecstasy 3. subject to ecstasy ecstatically adv … English World dictionary
ecstatic — [[t]ekstæ̱tɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you are ecstatic, you feel very happy and full of excitement. His wife gave birth to their first child, and he was ecstatic about it... They were greeted by the cheers of an ecstatic crowd. Syn: delirious… … English dictionary
ecstatic — adj. ecstatic about, at, over (ecstatic at being selected) * * * [ɪk stætɪk] at over (ecstatic at being selected) ecstatic about … Combinatory dictionary
ecstatic — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look ▪ become ADVERB ▪ absolutely, positively ▪ not … Collocations dictionary
ecstatic — ec|stat|ic [ıkˈstætık, ek ] adj 1.) feeling extremely happy and excited ▪ an ecstatic welcome from the thousands who lined the streets 2.) ecstatic review/praise/applause a ↑review (=an opinion about a film, play etc that appears in a newspaper… … Dictionary of contemporary English
