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Synonyms & Antonyms of ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
- a football player who was ecstatic upon receiving a full athletic scholarship to the college of his choice
Synonyms for ecstatic
- elated,
- elevated,
- enrapt,
- enraptured,
- entranced,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- giddy,
- heady,
- intoxicated,
- rapt,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
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Phrases Synonymous with ecstatic
Near Antonyms for ecstatic
- 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
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The first known use of ecstatic was in 1590
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