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ecstatic

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛkˈstætɪk/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delirious, rapturous

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Extremely happy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blissful, elated, euphoric, joyful, joyous, air-headed, blissed out, enrapt, rapt, cock-a-hoop, delighted, ecstatic, exultant, filled with happiness, giddy, gladsome, gleeful, greatly pleased, lighthearted, orgasmic, on cloud nine, over the moon, overjoyed, thrilled, walking on air

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • ecstatic gaze ecstatic trance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person in a state of ecstasy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

feeling great rapture or delight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enraptured, rapturous, rapt, rhapsodic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: экстаты́чны (ekstatýčny) — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Catalan: extàtic — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Danish: ekstatisk — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Esperanto: ekstaza — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Finnish: hurmioitunut — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Finnish: haltioitunut — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • French: extatique — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • German: ekstatisch — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Greek: εκστατικός (ekstatikós) — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Hindi: गद्गद (gadgad) — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Hungarian: eksztatikus — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Italian: estatico — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Māori: manawarū — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ekstatisk — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ekstatisk — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Polish: ekstatyczny — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Portuguese: extático — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Romanian: extatic — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Russian: экстати́ческий (ekstatíčeskij) — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Russian: экстати́чный (ekstatíčnyj) — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Spanish: extasiado — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Spanish: extático — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Swedish: extatisk — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Ukrainian: екстати́чний (ekstatýčnyj) — feeling or characterized by ecstasy
  • Danish: ekstatisk — extremely happy
  • Danish: henrykt — extremely happy
  • Finnish: hurmioitunut — extremely happy
  • Finnish: haltioitunut — extremely happy
  • French: être aux anges — extremely happy
  • German: ekstatisch — extremely happy
  • Hindi: गद्गद (gadgad) — extremely happy
  • Māori: harikoa — extremely happy
  • Māori: manahau — extremely happy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ekstatisk — extremely happy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ekstatisk — extremely happy
  • Polish: ekstatyczny — extremely happy
  • Romanian: extatic — extremely happy
  • Russian: восто́рженный (vostóržennyj) — extremely happy
  • Spanish: extático — extremely happy
  • Tagalog: pinakamasaya — extremely happy
  • Winnebago: gipįįhawįc — extremely happy