Ecstasy

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  • noun. Intense joy or delight.
  • noun. A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
  • noun. The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
  • noun. MDMA.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fill with rapture or enthusiasm.
  • noun. A state in which the mind is exalted or liberated as it were from the body; a state in which the functions of the senses are suspended by the contemplation of some extraordinary or supernatural object, or by absorption in some overpowering idea, most frequently of a religious nature; entrancing rapture or transport.
  • noun. Overpowering emotion or exaltation, in which the mind is absorbed and the actions are controlled by the exciting subject; a sudden access of intense feeling.
  • noun. Grievous, fearful, or painful emotion; extreme agitation; distraction: as, the very ecstasy of grief; an ecstasy of fear.
  • noun. In medicine, a morbid state of the nervous system, allied to catalepsy and trance, in which the patient assumes the attitude and expression of rapture. Also ecstasis.
  • noun. Insanity; madness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.
  • noun. The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.
  • noun. Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.
  • noun. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.
  • noun. A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Intense pleasure.
  • noun. A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
  • noun. A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
  • noun. The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
  • noun. a state of elated bliss
  • noun. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
  • Word Usage
    "Marijuana treats us to an awareness of a simultaneity of sensations, a sort of meta-pleasure, which is not surprising, given the roots of the term 'ecstasy,' as Rich Doyle writes: "Ecstasy" comes etymologically from the experience of "being beside ourselves.""
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    apathy  calm  
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    adoration  agony  amazement  awe  emotion  
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