ecstasy

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Intense pleasure.
2. (countable, uncountable) A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
3. (countable, uncountable) A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.
5. (countable, slang, uncountable) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
6. (countable, dated, uncountable) A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended, and the body is erect and inflexible.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To experience intense pleasure.
2. (transitive) To cause intense pleasure in.

Opposite of

agony

Synonyms

rapture

trance

bliss

delight

exaltation

X

E

enthusiasm

XTC

elation

playboy

MDMA

hug drug

excitement

go

transport

raptus

cristal

disco biscuit

Adam

happiness

joyfulness

state

thrill

wild joy

religious exultation

entrancement

love

❤️

blissout

ravishment

absent-mindedly

absorbed

bewitched

captivated

daze

delirium

enchanted

enchantment

engrossment

enraptured

euphoria

fascinated

felicity

frenzy

joy

😂

pleasure

rage

😡

raving

reverie

rhapsody

Translations

estasi

extase

éxtasis

Ekstase

έκσταση

ecstasy

êxtase

Ecstasy

Verzückung

Begeisterung

geestvervoering

vervoering

extase

transport

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛk.stə.si/

Etymology

From Old French estaise (“ecstasy, rapture”), from Latin ecstasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis), from ἐξίστημι (exístēmi, “I displace”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”).