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ec·stat·ic
(ĕk-stăt′ĭk)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·stat′i·cal·ly adv.
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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
ecˈstatically adv
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ec•stat•ic
(ɛkˈstæt ɪk)adj.
1. of or characterized by ecstasy.
2. subject to or in a state of ecstasy.
n. 3. a person subject to fits of ecstasy.
[1620–30; (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin < Greek]
ec•stat′i•cal•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | ecstatic - feeling great rapture or delight joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter" |
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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.
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Translations
begejstretekstatisk
elragadtatott
frá sér numinn
extatický
kendinden geçmişmest
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ecstatic
[ɛkˈstætɪk] adj [person] → extatique, en extase; [reception, welcome] → triomphal(e)to be ecstatic → être en extase
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ecstatic
adj → ekstatisch, verzückt
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ecstasy
(ˈekstəsi)1. noun, plural ˈecstasies (a feeling of) very great joy or other overwhelming emotion.
2. (no plural) a narcotic drug.
ecˈstatic (-ˈstӕ-) adjectivean ecstatic mood.
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