ecstatic

¹ec·stat·ic

adjective \ek-ˈsta-tik, ik-ˈsta-\

Definition of ECSTATIC

: of, relating to, or marked by ecstasy

— ec·stat·i·cal·ly \-ˈsta-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of ECSTATIC

1. He was ecstatic when he heard that he was going to be a father.
2. <a football player who was ecstatic upon receiving a full athletic scholarship to the college of his choice>
3. A few religious denominations—Pentecostalism, for example—still offer a collective ecstatic experience, as did rock culture at its height. But the ecstatic religions tend to be marginal, and rock has been tamed for commercial consumption … —Barbara Ehrenreich, Civilization, June/July 2000
4. … in dietary terms we are veritable troglodytes (which, speaking personally, is all right by me). I think this explains a lot, not least my expanding sense of dismay as the waiter bombarded us with ecstatic descriptions of roulades, ratatouilles, empanadas, langostinos … and goodness knows what else. —Bill Bryson, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, 1999

Origin of ECSTATIC

Medieval Latin ecstaticus, from Greek ekstatikos, from existanai (see ecstasy)

First Known Use: 1590

Related to ECSTATIC

Synonyms

elated, elevated, enrapt, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, giddy, heady, intoxicated, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical), on cloud nine, over the moon

Antonyms

depressed

Related Words

enchanted, exultant, glorying, jubilant, rejoicing, triumphant; enthusiastic, excited, gung ho, thrilled; blissed-out, blissful, delighted, glad, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, tickled

Near Antonyms

blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, gloomy, glum, hangdog, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, inconsolable, joyless, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched

Rhymes with ECSTATIC

agnatic, aquatic, asthmatic, Carnatic, chromatic, climatic, comatic, dalmatic, dogmatic, dramatic, emphatic, erratic, eustatic, fanatic, hepatic, judgmatic, komatik, lymphatic, magmatic, neumatic, phlegmatic, plasmatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, protatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, Socratic, somatic, spermatic, stigmatic, sylvatic, thematic, traumatic, villatic

²ec·stat·ic

noun \ek-ˈsta-tik, ik-ˈsta-\

Definition of ECSTATIC

: one that is subject to ecstasies

Origin of ECSTATIC

(see ¹ecstatic)

First Known Use: 1659

Rhymes with ECSTATIC

aquatic, chromatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, lymphatic, pragmatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, Socratic, stigmatic