ecstatic
1Ecstatic — 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… …
2ecstatic — 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:… …
3Ecstatic — Ec*stat ic, n. An enthusiast. [R.] Gauden. [1913 Webster] …
4ecstatic — 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,… …
5ecstatic — [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… …
6ecstatic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling or characterized by ecstasy. ► NOUN ▪ a person who is subject to mystical experiences. DERIVATIVES ecstatically adverb …
7ecstatic — [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 …
8ecstatic — [[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… …
9ecstatic — adj. ecstatic about, at, over (ecstatic at being selected) * * * [ɪk stætɪk] at over (ecstatic at being selected) ecstatic about …
10ecstatic — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look ▪ become ADVERB ▪ absolutely, positively ▪ not …
