First Known Use: 1590
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1ecstatic
adjective ec·stat·ic \ek-ˈsta-tik, ik-ˈsta-\
: very happy or excited : feeling or showing ecstasy
Full Definition of ECSTATIC
: of, relating to, or marked by ecstasy
— ec·stat·i·cal·ly \-ˈsta-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Examples of ECSTATIC
- A few religious denominations—Pentecostalism, for example—still offer a collective ecstatic experience, as did rock culture at its height. But the ecstatic religions tend to be marginal, and rock has been tamed for commercial consumption … —Barbara Ehrenreich, Civilization, June/July 2000
- … in dietary terms we are veritable troglodytes (which, speaking personally, is all right by me). I think this explains a lot, not least my expanding sense of dismay as the waiter bombarded us with ecstatic descriptions of roulades, ratatouilles, empanadas, langostinos … and goodness knows what else. —Bill Bryson, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, 1999
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Origin of ECSTATIC
Medieval Latin ecstaticus, from Greek ekstatikos, from existanai (see ecstasy)
Related to ECSTATIC
- Synonyms
- elated, elevated, enrapt, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, giddy, heady, intoxicated, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical), on cloud nine, over the moon
- Antonyms
- depressed
Rhymes with ECSTATIC
agnatic, aquatic, asthmatic, Carnatic, chromatic, climatic, comatic, dalmatic, dogmatic, dramatic, emphatic, erratic, eustatic, fanatic, hepatic, judgmatic, komatik, lymphatic, magmatic, neumatic, phlegmatic, plasmatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, protatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, Socratic, somatic, spermatic, stigmatic, sylvatic, thematic, traumatic, villatic
2ecstatic
noun ec·stat·ic \ek-ˈsta-tik, ik-ˈsta-\
Definition of ECSTATIC
: one that is subject to ecstasies
Origin of ECSTATIC
(see 1ecstatic)
First Known Use: 1659
ECSTATIC Defined for Kids
ecstatic
adjective ec·stat·ic \ek-ˈsta-tik\
Definition of ECSTATIC for Kids
: very happy or excited
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