ECSTASIES Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

ecstasies

noun

plural of ecstasy

as in joys

a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion actors are typically in ecstasy upon winning an Oscar

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Recent Examples of ecstasies But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football. — Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Keegan and Boo soon discover the joys of unplugging and spending quality time with their grandparents, who also come around and embrace the experiment after begrudgingly agreeing.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
These families experience the same joys, hopes, and challenges as every other family.

— Virginia Mercury, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of joys

Noun

Klara, whose philosophical raptures treat the Sun as a living deity and who is also capable of parroting any human’s voice or temperament on command, becomes fast friends with the girl.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
Just four minutes later, Baggio doubled the Italians’ lead with a swift half-volley, sending the capacity crowd inside of New Jersey’s Giants Stadium into raptures.

— Shaun Goodwin June 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 June 2026

Definition of raptures

Noun

For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
The rhapsodies about Willow, paired with the silence surrounding the difficult dogs, contribute to a sense of make-believe and avoidance that pervade Biden’s memoir.

— Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 9 June 2026

Definition of rhapsodies

Noun

Beautiful cemeteries can captivate with their artistic and architectural elegance, entice with lessons in local history, and tantalize the senses with botanical delights.

— Mitchell Gilburne, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026
The meta-musicals have their delights but can be no less demoralizing.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of delights

Noun

This world’s heavens are lit with cosmic rays, its cityscapes otherworldly — everything seems to service an unabashed romanticism.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
And thanks to Tucson’s extraordinarily dark heavens, the Sonoran skyscape takes center stage with Peace Among the Stars.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026

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