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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.ecstatic - feeling great rapture or delight
enraptured, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic
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

ecstatic

[eksˈtætɪk] ADJ (Rel) → extático (fig) → contentísimo, eufórico
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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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ecstatic

[ɛksˈtætɪk] adj → estatico/a, in estasi
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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-) adjective
an ecstatic mood.
ecˈstatically adverb
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