ecstatic
/ɛkˈstætɪk/
ecstatic adjective: feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
Adjective
ecstatic (comparative more ecstatic, superlative most ecstatic)
- Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
- [W]hilſt he heſitated there, the criſis of pleaſure overtook him, and the cloſe compreſſure of the vvarm ſurrounding fold, drevv from him the extatic guſh, even before mine vvas ready to meet it, kept up by the pain I had endur'd in the courſe of the engagement, from the unſufferable ſize of his...1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 194
- The moment of ejaculation in mammiferous animals is accompanied by universal excitement of the whole body, a kind of slight convulsion, which terminates in a comatose or exstatic state.1837, Michael Ryan, The Philosophy of Marriage, in Its Social, Moral, and Physical Relations; with an Account of the Diseases of the Genito-urinary Organs which Impair or Destroy the Reproductive...
- Extremely happy.
- Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- blissful, elated, euphoric, joyful, joyous, air-headed, blissed out, enrapt, rapt, cock-a-hoop
- Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.
- ecstatic gaze ecstatic trance
- this ecstatic fit of love and jealousy1649, Henry Hammond, The Pastor's Motto
Noun
ecstatic (plural ecstatics)
- Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.
- I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics.1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.11
- A person in a state of ecstasy.
- If there is anything that can be called protoscripture, it is surely the utterances of ecstatics, prophets and seers...1993, William A. Graham, Beyond the written word: oral aspects of scripture in the history of religion, Cambridge University Press, page 65
ecstatic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
ecstatic in Hindi
- feeling or characterized by ecstasy
- गद्गद gadgad
- extremely happy
- गद्गद gadgad
ecstatic in Tamil
- பரவசமான
ecstatic in Urdu
- بےخود, وجد آور
ecstatic in Malayalam
- വികാരത്തിമർപ്പുള്ള, അത്യാനന്ദപൂർണ്ണമായ, പരമാനന്ദപ്രദമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- ecstatic in Sanskrit
- आविष्ट āviṣṭa
- ecstatic in Tagalog
- pinakamasaya
Examples of ecstatic in a sentence
- The Pentecostals had drowned them with their discotheque music, frenzied dancing and ecstatic prayer.
- Lonnie Smith, the Hammond B-3 organ can be subtly atmospheric or growlingly ecstatic.
- Ecstatic traditional music and dance of the Dolan people from Makit County, Xinjiang.
Synonyms of ecstatic
16 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- rapt
- cock-a-hoop
- delighted
- exultant
- filled with happiness
- giddy
- gladsome
- gleeful
- greatly pleased
- lighthearted
- orgasmic
- on cloud nine
- over the moon
- overjoyed
- thrilled
- walking on air
Forms of ecstatic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ecstatic |
| superlative | most ecstatic |
| alternative form | ecstatick |
| alternative form | extatic |
| alternative form | extatick |
| alternative form | extatique |
| Noun | |
| plural | ecstatics |
Origin of ecstatic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic.
Words formed from ecstatic
Questions about ecstatic
- What does ecstatic mean?
- Ecstatic means feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
- What is ecstatic in Hindi?
- Ecstatic in Hindi is गद्गद (gadgad). See Ecstatic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ecstatic?
- Ecstatic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ecstatic?
- Ecstatic is pronounced /ɛkˈstætɪk/.
Words near ecstatic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ecstatic (page history and authors); ecstatic (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecstatic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ecstatic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आविष्ट (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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