English Explanatory Dictionary

ecstasy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈɛkstəsi/ En US ecstasy.wav /ˈekstəsi/ En-au-ecstasy.ogg /ˈɛkstəse/ /-sɪ/ /-si/

Word forms

ecstasy ecstasies ecstacy exstacy exstasy extacy extasy ecstasying ecstasied

Etymology

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

Synonyms

rapture euphoria MDMA molly E eckie ecky XTC X thizz empathy

Antonyms

agony

Related words

ecstatic

Derived words

ecstasize liquid ecstasy
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