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Ecstasy - English meaning

ˈek.stə.si

Ecstasy – definitions in English dictionary

noun

An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.

Usage examples:

There was a look of ecstasy on his face

Synonims:

RaptureBlissElationEuphoriaCloud nineSeventh heavenTransportsRhapsodiesJoyJoyousnessJubilationExultationHeavenParadiseDelightThe top of the world
noun

An emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence.

Usage examples:

Stigmatics often receive religious visions or ecstasies, having visions of christ and various saint…
noun

An amphetamine-based recreational drug having euphoric effects, typically taken in the form of a pill and particularly associated with clubbing and dance music subcultures.

Usage examples:

The recreational drug ecstasy is neurotoxic if taken in high enough doses.
noun

A state of extreme happiness or pleasure

Usage examples:

We shared a moment of ecstasy as the chocolate melted on our tongues.
noun

A state of extreme happiness, especially when feeling pleasure

Usage examples:

In ecstasy she threw her head back as if in ecstasy., sexual ecstasy
noun

A powerful drug that makes you feel very active and can cause you to hallucinate (= see or hear things that do not exist)

Ecstasy translation into English

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狂喜, 发迷

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Extase, Vervoering, Verrukking, Geestvervoering, Opgetogenheid

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Extase, Ravissement, Joie

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Ekstase, Verzückung, Rausch, Entrückung

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परमानंद, उत्साह, परमानन्द, अति आनन्द, मंगल

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Estasi

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엑스터시, 황홀경, 무아경, 망아, 그 사용자

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Экстаз, Исступление, Исступленный восторг, Транс

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Éxtasis, Resto

Word origin

late Middle English (in ecstasy (sense 2)): from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis ‘standing outside oneself’, based on ek- ‘out’ + histanai ‘to place’.

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