as in joy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
actors are typically in ecstasy upon winning an Oscar
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Recent Examples of ecstasy
That night and the following morning were pure ecstasy, untouched by the presence of another hiker.
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Kate McMahon, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
Marijuana has been considered a Schedule I drug since the Controlled Substances Act was signed in 1970, falling into the same category as substances like heroin, MDMA or ecstasy.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
Warning after Fort Lauderdale airport incident The CBP alert was prompted by a recent case at Fort Lauderdale airport, where a traveler enrolled in the Global Entry program attempted to bring in five grams of MDMA, a synthetic drug also known as ecstasy.
—Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Makary said the agency is urging the Drug Enforcement Agency to classify 7-OH as a Schedule 1 substance, placing it on list of drugs that include heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and ecstasy.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 29 July 2025
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Kate McMahon, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
Marijuana has been considered a Schedule I drug since the Controlled Substances Act was signed in 1970, falling into the same category as substances like heroin, MDMA or ecstasy.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
Warning after Fort Lauderdale airport incident The CBP alert was prompted by a recent case at Fort Lauderdale airport, where a traveler enrolled in the Global Entry program attempted to bring in five grams of MDMA, a synthetic drug also known as ecstasy.
—Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Makary said the agency is urging the Drug Enforcement Agency to classify 7-OH as a Schedule 1 substance, placing it on list of drugs that include heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and ecstasy.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ecstasy
Noun
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There was a spirit of abundance and joy, too; that can’t be remiss.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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The winning animal photos of the 2025 International Pet Photography Awards are a heartwarming, playful and artistic look at the animals that live among us, providing joy as pets.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Neon lights and a checkerboard stage added to the ‘80s vibe of the song, while a musician playing a keytar with hair-teased-to-heavens cemented the influence of the decade on Doja’s sound.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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The great Albert Brooks film Defending Your Life, from 1991, imagines a bureaucratic heaven that prepares the recently departed for their next phase of existence.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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Poehler plays Joy, the embodiment of happiness in the mind of main character Riley, in the Inside Out movies.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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Co-written with Claire Douglas, Hannah Ellis, and Jason Massey, the song explores the uneasy tendency to sabotage our own happiness, pairing wistful guitars with Velasco's soaring vocals.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The initial touch marks the transition from regular life—chitchat, logistics, social armor—to the otherworldly realm of the massage, in which mind and body are uniquely harmonized, and some kind of euphoria is achieved.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Eating mushrooms that contain psilocybin can have various effects, ranging from euphoria to hallucinations, according to the agency.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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That’s the way Fleur looks at Julian in real life too — adoring and feverishly in love, so when Fleur announces that the pair are getting married over dinner with friends, everyone responds with joy and delight.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Suddenly, and to the great delight of both Anna and her fellow AC, Ryan (John Early), there’s some real juicy drama in the Junction.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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In Indianapolis, the Broncos’ elation dissolved into disbelief after what appeared to be a last-second win over the Colts — thanks to Indy kicker Spencer Shrader pushing a 60-yard field goal wide right as time expired — instead became a cruel lesson in the intricacies of the NFL rulebook.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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But the startup’s embrace of AI has also driven investor elation.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
4 Sep. 2025
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The world’s longstanding fixation with blowjobs is arguably a function of our other longstanding fixation with pleasing cisgender men, but as our understanding of gender, sexuality, and pleasure itself has become more expansive, so, too, has our knowledge of blowjobs.—
Ian Kumamoto,
Them.,
10 Sep. 2025
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For those focused on track time rather than pleasure drives in the country, Ferrari offers the Assetto Fiorano specification, which is about 66 pounds lighter thanks to extensive use of composite materials such as carbon fiber and titanium.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Police are looking at speed and possible intoxication as possible factors involved in the crash.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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However, addiction to intoxication makes this disease one of the most common infections around the world.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Ecstasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ecstasy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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