ecstasy

ec-sta-sy · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.

  2. 2.

    A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; a trance-like state.

  3. 3.

    (Informal) MDMA, a synthetic psychoactive drug known for inducing feelings of euphoria.

Forms

plural: ecstasies

Related words

Antonyms: anguish, despair, misery
See also: bliss, euphoria, joy, rapture
Synonyms: bliss, elation, euphoria, rapture

Etymology

From Old French extasie, from Late Latin extasis, from Greek ekstasis meaning "standing outside oneself, trance," from ek- meaning "out" and histanai meaning "to cause to stand." The original sense was of being outside one's normal mental state.