ecstatic
/eks'tætik/
Definition
Adjective: 1. Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement: Describes a state of intense, often rapturous delight or pleasure. 2. In a state of ecstasy: Characterized by or subject to a trance-like state of overwhelming emotion, often joy or religious fervor.
Usage
- Used to describe a person's emotional state when experiencing extreme joy or delight.
- Can describe reactions, expressions, or experiences characterized by such intense feeling.
- Often implies a temporary, peak emotional state rather than a general disposition.
Examples
- The fans were ecstatic when their team won the championship.
- She gave an ecstatic performance, filled with passion and energy.
- He was ecstatic about the news of his promotion.
- Their ecstatic cheers could be heard from miles away.
Advanced Usage
- Ecstatic union: A mystical or spiritual concept of blissful oneness with the divine.
- The poem describes the soul's search for ecstatic union with God.
- Ecstatic state: A psychological or physiological condition of trance or rapture.
- The shaman entered an ecstatic state during the ritual.
Variants and Related Words
- Ecstatically (adverb): In an ecstatic manner.
- She smiled ecstatically upon hearing the good news.
- Ecstasy (noun): An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement; also, a trance-like state.
- The music filled her with a sense of pure ecstasy.
Synonyms
- Elated: Very happy and excited, in high spirits.
- Euphoric: Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
- Rapturous: Filled with or characterized by a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
- Overjoyed: Extremely happy.
Antonyms
- Miserable: Very unhappy or uncomfortable.
- Despondent: In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
- Depressed: In a state of general unhappiness or despondency.
Idioms and Phrases
- To be in ecstasies over something: To be extremely delighted by something.
- She was in ecstasies over the beautiful wedding dress.
- Ecstatic about: Very excited and happy about a particular thing.
- He's absolutely ecstatic about his new job.
Adjective
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feeling great rapture or delight
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