"ecstatic" meaning in English

See ecstatic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛkˈstætɪk/ Audio: en-us-ecstatic.ogg [US] Forms: more ecstatic [comparative], most ecstatic [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἐκστατικός}} Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós), {{surf|en|ecstasy|-tic}} By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic Head templates: {{en-adj}} ecstatic (comparative more ecstatic, superlative most ecstatic)
  1. Feeling or characterized by ecstasy. Categories (topical): Happiness Translations (feeling or characterized by ecstasy): экстаты́чны (ekstatýčny) (Belarusian), ekstatisk (Danish), hurmioitunut (Finnish), haltioitunut (Finnish), extatique (French), ekstatisch (German), εκστατικός (ekstatikós) (Greek), eksztatikus (Hungarian), manawarū (Maori), ekstatisk (Norwegian Bokmål), ekstatisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), ekstatyczny (Polish), extático [masculine] (Portuguese), экстати́ческий (ekstatíčeskij) (Russian), экстати́чный (ekstatíčnyj) (Russian), extasiado (Spanish), extatisk (Swedish), екстати́чний (ekstatýčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ecstatic-en-adj-1HX6gAQg Disambiguation of Happiness: 27 12 22 24 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 29 20 19 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 30 16 26 5 Disambiguation of 'feeling or characterized by ecstasy': 86 1 13
  2. Extremely happy. Categories (topical): Happiness Translations (extremely happy): ekstatisk (Danish), henrykt (Danish), hurmioitunut (Finnish), haltioitunut (Finnish), ekstatisch (German), harikoa (Maori), manahau (Maori), ekstatisk (Norwegian Bokmål), ekstatisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), восто́рженный (vostóržennyj) (Russian), pinakamasaya (Tagalog), gipįįhawįc (Winnebago)
    Sense id: en-ecstatic-en-adj-q~Gcf6ob Disambiguation of Happiness: 27 12 22 24 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -tic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 29 20 19 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 41 14 22 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 30 16 26 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tic: 21 34 16 22 8 Disambiguation of 'extremely happy': 1 97 2
  3. Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion. Categories (topical): Happiness
    Sense id: en-ecstatic-en-adj-KmQKuygS Disambiguation of Happiness: 27 12 22 24 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 29 20 19 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 30 16 26 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blissful, delirious, elated, euphoric, joyful, joyous, ecstatick [obsolete], extatic [obsolete], extatick [obsolete], extatique [obsolete, rare]

Noun

IPA: /ɛkˈstætɪk/ Audio: en-us-ecstatic.ogg [US] Forms: ecstatics [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἐκστατικός}} Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós), {{surf|en|ecstasy|-tic}} By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic Head templates: {{en-noun}} ecstatic (plural ecstatics)
  1. (in the plural) Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Happiness
    Sense id: en-ecstatic-en-noun-mfegqUyp Disambiguation of Happiness: 27 12 22 24 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 29 20 19 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 30 16 26 5
  2. A person in a state of ecstasy. Categories (topical): Happiness
    Sense id: en-ecstatic-en-noun-nNsHwkZ6 Disambiguation of Happiness: 27 12 22 24 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ecstatick [obsolete], extatic [obsolete], extatick [obsolete], extatique [obsolete, rare]

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          "ref": "1837, Michael Ryan, The Philosophy of Marriage, in Its Social, Moral, and Physical Relations; with an Account of the Diseases of the Genito-urinary Organs which Impair or Destroy the Reproductive Function; and Induce a Variety of Complaints; with the Physiology of Generation in the Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms …, London: John Churchill, Princes' Street, Soho, →OCLC, page 191",
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      "word": "blissful"
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      "word": "euphoric"
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      "code": "be",
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      "word": "экстаты́чны"
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      "sense": "feeling or characterized by ecstasy",
      "word": "ekstatisk"
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      "sense": "feeling or characterized by ecstasy",
      "word": "hurmioitunut"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "feeling or characterized by ecstasy",
      "word": "haltioitunut"
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      "sense": "feeling or characterized by ecstasy",
      "word": "ekstatisch"
    },
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      "sense": "feeling or characterized by ecstasy",
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      "sense": "feeling or characterized by ecstasy",
      "word": "eksztatikus"
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      "sense": "feeling or characterized by ecstasy",
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      "sense": "feeling or characterized by ecstasy",
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    },
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      "sense": "feeling or characterized by ecstasy",
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      "sense": "feeling or characterized by ecstasy",
      "word": "ekstatyczny"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "экстати́ческий"
    },
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      "word": "экстати́чный"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "extasiado"
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      "word": "екстати́чний"
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      "lang": "Maori",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "word": "pinakamasaya"
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      "code": "win",
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      "sense": "extremely happy",
      "word": "gipįįhawįc"
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}

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