ecstasy
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ecstasy¹
- /ˈɛkstəsi/ Canada, UK, US
- /ˈekstəsi/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈɛkstəse/ Scotland
- /-sɪ/ Scotland
- /-si/ Scotland
Where it comes from
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”).
noun ecstasies · ecstacy · exstacy · exstasy · extacy · extasy
- Intense pleasure. This is the very ecstasy of love, / Whose violent property fordoes itself / And leads the will to desperate undertakings / As oft as any passion under heaven / That does afflict our natures.
- A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control. an ecstasy of remorse
- A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. What! are you dreaming, Son! with Eyes cast upwards / Like a mad Prophet in an Ecstasy?
- Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness. Come, let us leave him; in his ireful mood / Our words will but increase his ecstasy.
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The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
Similar: MDMA, molly, E, eckie, ecky, XTC, X, thizz, empathy
- A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended, and the body is erect and inflexible. The instant I drew out my case of instruments, the lady roused herself from her ecstasy, and has never had a similar attack.
verb ecstasies · ecstasying · ecstasied · ecstacy · exstacy
- To experience intense pleasure.
- To cause intense pleasure in. Ali Agha jumped up, seized the visitor by the shoulder, compelled him to sit down, and, ecstasied by the old man's horror at the scene, filled a tumbler, and with the usual grotesque grimaces insisted upon his drinking it.
Ecstasy²
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of ecstasy (“drug”).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rapture, exaltation, transport, adam, mdma, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, bliss, delight, joy, elation, euphoria, happiness, exhilaration, nirvana, jubilation, paradise
Translations
Every language
noun intense emotion
| Español | éxtasis, éxtasi |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 狂喜 kyōki, 恍惚 kōkotsu |
| 中文 | 狂喜 kuángxǐ |
| Português | êxtase |
| Français | extase |
| Deutsch | Ekstase |
| Italiano | estasi |
| Ελληνικά | έκσταση ékstasi |
| Română | extaz |
| Русский | экста́з ekstáz, восто́рг vostórg |
noun intense pleasure
| Español | éxtasis, éxtasi |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 狂喜 kyōki, エクスタシー ekusutashī, 有頂天 uchōten |
| 中文 | 狂喜 kuángxǐ, 悅 /悦 yuè |
| हिन्दी | चरमसुख caramsukh |
| Português | êxtase |
| Français | extase |
| Deutsch | Ekstase |
| Italiano | estasi |
| Ελληνικά | έκσταση ékstasi |
| Română | extaz |
| Русский | экста́з ekstáz |
| العربية | نَشْوَة našwa |
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title = {ecstasy},
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