Ecstasy
['ekstəsɪ] or ['ɛkstəsi]
Definition
(noun.) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; 'listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture'- Charles Dickens.
(noun.) a state of elated bliss.
Editor: Louise--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.
(n.) Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.
Typist: Shirley
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Trance.[2]. Transport, rapture, ravishment, delight, great joy.[3]. Enthusiasm, fanaticism.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rapture, inspiration, fervor, frenzy, transport, emotion, joy, delight,enthusiasm, happiness
ANT:Indifference, coolness, dulness, weariness, tedium, bore, fidget, misery
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Definition
n. a word applied to states of mind marked by temporary mental alienation and altered or diminished consciousness: excessive joy: enthusiasm or any exalted feeling.—v.t. to fill with joy.—adjs. Ec′stasied enraptured; Ecstat′ic causing ecstasy: amounting to ecstasy: rapturous.—n. one given to ecstasy: something spoken in a state of ecstasy.—adv. Ecstat′ically.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of feeling ecstasy, denotes you will enjoy a visit from a long-absent friend. If you experience ecstasy in disturbing dreams you will be subjected to sorrow and disappointment.
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Examples
- But I hate ecstasy, Dionysic or any other. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Oh the ecstasy, the pure, unearthly ecstasy of that moment! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One said: Oh, the Virgin's face is full of the ecstasy of a joy that is complete --that leaves nothing more to be desired on earth! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A strange, secret ecstasy steals through my veins at moments. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She must smash it, it must be smashed before her ecstasy was consummated, fulfilled for ever. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When Davy saw these globules of a hitherto unknown metal, he danced about the laboratory in ecstasy and for some time was too much excited to continue his experiments. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This was the everrecurrent miracle of his life, at the knowledge of which he was lost in an ecstasy of relief and wonder. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She moved towards him and stood behind him for a moment in ecstasy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The birds burst into their usual ecstasy of singing, and the Count chirruped and whistled at them in return, as if he was a bird himself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- To see her lay the flowers against her little dimpled chin, was to lose all presence of mind and power of language in a feeble ecstasy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Into the tea-room Mr. Pickwick turned; and catching sight of him, Mr. Bantam corkscrewed his way through the crowd and welcomed him with ecstasy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Here Marianne, in an ecstasy of indignation, clapped her hands together, and cried, Gracious God! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She looked at him in a silent ecstasy of happiness, till the tears rose in her eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To say that he was astonished at this would but faintly express his ecstasy of amazement. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In pain he desires only to cease from pain; on the other hand, when he is in an ecstasy of pleasure, rest is painful to him. Plato. The Republic.
- Then to hear them fall into ecstasies with each other's creations--worshipping the heroine of such a poem, novel, drama--thinking it fine, divine! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They were both in ecstasies. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Maurice was in ecstasies over this Eden of the South, and could not express his delight in high enough terms to his companions. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Mrs. Bute happened to be in ecstasies with the poodle, and was calling him a little darling, and a sweet little zoggy, and a pretty pet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But the number of workhouse inmates got thin as well as the paupers; and the board were in ecstasies. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Adele ran quite wild in the midst of it: the preparations for company and the prospect of their arrival, seemed to throw her into ecstasies. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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