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ecstasy
[ek-stuh-see]
1.
rapturous delight.
2.
an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling.
3.
the frenzy of poetic inspiration.
4.
mental transport or rapture from the contemplation of divine things.
Origin of ecstasy
Synonyms
2. delight, bliss, elation. Ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation share a sense of being taken or moved out of one's self or one's normal state, and entering a state of intensified or heightened feeling. Ecstasy suggests an intensification of emotion so powerful as to produce a trancelike dissociation from all but the single overpowering feeling: an ecstasy of rage, grief, love. Rapture shares the power of ecstasy but most often refers to an elevated sensation of bliss or delight, either carnal or spiritual: the rapture of first love. Transport, somewhat less extreme than either ecstasy or rapture, implies a strength of feeling that results in expression of some kind: They jumped up and down in a transport of delight. Exaltation refers to a heady sense of personal well-being so powerful that one is lifted above normal emotional levels and above normal people: wild exaltation at having finally broken the record.
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Examples from the web for ecstasy
- There's none of the euphoria produced by cocaine or the bliss from ecstasy.
- As a teenager, he goes hunting purely for the ecstasy of the kill.
- The publisher of a study claims there's a link between ecstasy use and Parkinson's disease.
British Dictionary definitions for ecstasy
ecstasy
/ˈɛkstəsɪ/
noun (pl) -sies
1.
(often pl) a state of exalted delight, joy, etc; rapture
2.
intense emotion of any kind: an ecstasy of rage
3.
(psychol) overpowering emotion characterized by loss of self-control and sometimes a temporary loss of consciousness: often associated with orgasm, religious mysticism, and the use of certain drugs
4.
(archaic) a state of prophetic inspiration, esp of poetic rapture
5.
(slang) 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine; MDMA: a powerful drug that acts as a stimulant and can produce hallucinations
Word Origin
C14: from Old French extasie, via Medieval Latin from Greek ekstasis displacement, trance, from existanai to displace, from ex- out + histanai to cause to stand
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