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ecstatic
(redirected from Religious ecstasy)

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ec·stat·ic  (k-sttk)
adj.
1. Marked by or expressing ecstasy.
2. Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured.

[French extatique, from Greek ekstatikos, from ekstasis, distraction; see ecstasy.]

ec·stati·cal·ly adv.

ecstatic [ɛkˈstætɪk]
adj
1. in a trancelike state of great rapture or delight
2. showing or feeling great enthusiasm ecstatic applause
n
a person who has periods of intense trancelike joy
ecstatically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ecstatic - feeling great rapture or delight
joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

ecstatic
adjective rapturous, entranced, enthusiastic, frenzied, joyous, fervent, joyful, elated, over the moon (informal), overjoyed, blissful, delirious, euphoric, enraptured, on cloud nine (informal), cock-a-hoop, blissed out, transported, rhapsodic, sent, walking on air, in seventh heaven, floating on air, in exaltation, in transports of delight He was ecstatic about the birth of his first child.
Translations
ecstatic [eksˈtætɪk] ADJ (Rel) → extático (fig) → contentísimo, eufórico
ecstatic [ɛkˈstætɪk] adj [person] → extatique, en extase; [reception, welcome] → triomphal(e)
to be ecstatic → être en extase
ecstatic
ecstatic [ɛksˈtætɪk] adjestatico/a, in estasi


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