ecstasy
noun
ec·sta·sy
ˈek-stə-sē 
plural ecstasies
1
: a state of overwhelming emotion
especially
: rapturous delight
2
often capitalized
: a synthetic amphetamine analog C11H15NO2 used illicitly for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties
called also MDMA
3
: trance
especially
: a mystic or prophetic trance
4
a
: a state of being beyond reason and self-control
b
archaic
: swoon
Synonyms
Examples of ecstasy in a Sentence
His performance sent the audience into ecstasies.
actors are typically in ecstasy upon winning an Oscar
Recent Examples on the Web
The arts are sometimes an excellent way to portray the agonies and ecstasies of disease and suffering.
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Steve Brozak, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
At a press conference, Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the women were given ketamine, ecstasy and GHB.
—Jem Aswad, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2024
Some victims were provided drugs including ketamine, GHB and ecstasy.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Marinelli’s marvelously mobile face registers his character’s uncertainties, his ecstasies, his weaknesses — the greatest of which is his monumental vanity.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
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Steve Brozak, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
At a press conference, Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the women were given ketamine, ecstasy and GHB.
—Jem Aswad, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2024
Some victims were provided drugs including ketamine, GHB and ecstasy.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Marinelli’s marvelously mobile face registers his character’s uncertainties, his ecstasies, his weaknesses — the greatest of which is his monumental vanity.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
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ecstasy
noun
ec·sta·sy
ˈek-stə-sē
plural ecstasies
1
: a state of being beyond reason and self-control
2
: a state of overwhelming emotion
an ecstasy of fear
especially
: very great joy
3
: a drug used illegally to stimulate the central nervous system and to cause hallucinations
ecstatic
adjective
ek-ˈstat-ik
ik-
ecstatically
adverb
-i-k(ə-)lē
Medical Definition
ecstasy
noun
ec·sta·sy
ˈek-stə-sē
plural ecstasies
1
: a trance state in which intense absorption (as in religious ideation) is accompanied by loss of sense perception and voluntary control
2
often capitalized
: a synthetic amphetamine analog C11H15NO2 used illicitly for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties
called also MDMA, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, XTC
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