Ecstasy

Word ECSTASY
Character 7
Hyphenation ec sta sy
Pronunciations /ˈɛk.stə.si/

Definitions and meanings of "Ecstasy"

What do we mean by ecstasy?

Intense joy or delight. noun

A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control. noun

The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. noun

MDMA. noun

To fill with rapture or enthusiasm.

A state in which the mind is exalted or liberated as it were from the body; a state in which the functions of the senses are suspended by the contemplation of some extraordinary or supernatural object, or by absorption in some overpowering idea, most frequently of a religious nature; entrancing rapture or transport. noun

Overpowering emotion or exaltation, in which the mind is absorbed and the actions are controlled by the exciting subject; a sudden access of intense feeling. noun

Grievous, fearful, or painful emotion; extreme agitation; distraction: as, the very ecstasy of grief; an ecstasy of fear. noun

In medicine, a morbid state of the nervous system, allied to catalepsy and trance, in which the patient assumes the attitude and expression of rapture. Also ecstasis. noun

Insanity; madness. noun

To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. transitive verb

The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries. noun

Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight. noun

Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. noun

A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. noun

Intense pleasure. noun

A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control. noun

A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. noun

The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family. noun

A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion noun

Intense pleasure.

A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.

A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.

Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.

The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.

A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended; the body is erect and inflexible; but the pulse and breathing are not affected.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ecstasy

The word "ecstasy" in example sentences

Marijuana treats us to an awareness of a simultaneity of sensations, a sort of meta-pleasure, which is not surprising, given the roots of the term 'ecstasy,' as Rich Doyle writes: "Ecstasy" comes etymologically from the experience of "being beside ourselves." ❋ Jason Silva (2011)

The astonishing breadth of Herzog's filmmaking conveys the humanist's sense of wonder at the world - what he describes as the "ecstasy of observation." ❋ Govindini Murty (2011)

Medical writers of the era even discussed a fourth clinical condition, marked by immobility, which they termed ecstasy, but this was not a state that might lead to premature burial. ❋ Wade Davis (1985)

That is what they call ecstasy, but there is no word that can tell out very plain what it means. ❋ Lady Gregory (1897)

The toxin - Paramethoxymethamphetamine, or PMMA - is type of methamphetamine not usually associated with the drug sold under the name ecstasy. ❋ Unknown (2012)

(whilst the outward senses are stopped, so that they receive not outward objects with their usual quickness) in the mind, not suggested by any external objects, or known occasion; nor under any choice or conduct of the understanding at all: and whether that which we call ecstasy be not dreaming with the eyes open, I leave to be examined. ❋ Hill, George (2005)

In the words of Franz Kafka, “It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

One shut his eyes in ecstasy and rolled onto his back as Richardson scratched his chin. ❋ AP/Huffington Post (2010)

On the other hand are the enraptured, in ecstasy over everything and everyone, confusing art with show, works with performances, enchanted with productions whose characteristic, as Barthes already noted in a premonitory passage in Plaisir du text (1973), is to "exhaust their necessity as soon as they are seen," for they no longer offer "any contemplative or enjoyable longevity." ❋ Bernard-Henri Lévy (2010)

And Lamai, in ecstasy over this establishment of common speech, urged the calabash back under ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think I shall swoon in ecstasy at the thought of how loving they are. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The next moment he was lost in ecstasy at the abrupt and thunderous liberation of sound. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In 2009, Professor David Nutt, the chairman of the British government's scientific advisory panel on drugs, pointed out a simple fact: taking ecstasy is about as dangerous as horse-riding, which kills 10 people a year there, and causes 100 traffic accidents. ❋ Johann Hari (2010)

When she writes of "the sumptuous taste of decayed bone", the doggy ecstasy is unmistakable. ❋ Clare Clark (2010)

The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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