Synonyms for ecstatic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ek-stat-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛkˈstæt ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for ecstatic Other synonyms for the word ecstatic
Définition of ecstatic
Origin :- 1590s, "mystically absorbed, stupefied," from Greek ekstatikos "unstable," from ekstasis (see ecstatic). Meaning "characterized by intense emotions" is from 1660s, now usually pleasurable ones, but not originally always so. Related: Ecstatical; ecstatically.
- adj very happy, blissful
- No lawful passion can ever be so bewildering or ecstatic as an unlawful one.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- But they were suddenly drawn from their ecstatic state by a change about them.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Already have I an ecstatic answer, as I may call it, to my letter.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The man indeed at times is all upon the ecstatic; one of his phrases.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Rhetors and sham-erudites are ecstatic about Burnside's conduct.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- They do not heed this––they do not see it––they 156 are on the wings of an ecstatic embrace.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- You live and you make me live in a constant nightmare, with your ecstatic dreams.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- To receive this attraction can be an ecstatic condition, but is by no means ecstasy.
- Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley
- An ecstatic light shone in the deep velvet softness of her eyes.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- David threw back his head and shut his eyes in ecstatic bliss.
- Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
Antonyms for ecstatic
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