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Definition: Ecstatic |
EcstaticAdjective1. Feeling great rapture or delight. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ecstatic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: EcstaticSynonyms: enraptured (adj), rapturous (adj), rhapsodic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Feeling | Impressive, deep, profound, indelible; deep felt, home felt, heartfelt; swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic. |
Pain | Charming; delightful, felicitous, exquisite; lovely; (beautiful); ravishing, rapturous; heartfelt, thrilling, ecstatic; beatic; beatific; seraphic; empyrean; elysian; (heavenly). |
Pleasure | Pleasing; ecstatic, beatic; painless, unalloyed, without alloy, cloudless. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ecstatic |
| English words defined with "ecstatic": ecstatic state, Ecstatical, ecstatically, Extatic ♦ Heart-robbing, Holy Roller ♦ Nympholeptic ♦ rapturously, rejoice, revel, rhapsodically ♦ triumph ♦ wallow, whirler, whirling dervish. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ecstatic": Cosmiel ♦ Fountain ♦ Nymph ♦ Perfume. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | I can say that I'm ecstatic ("Master Blaster (Jammin')"; performing artist: Stevie Wonder) Gettin' ecstatic an' ("The Vatican Rag"; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ecstatic Moments (1999) | |
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 | Uninhibited; laughing; hysterical; beside oneself; carried away; corybantic; crazy; delighted; drunk; ecstatic; enthused; frenetic; frenzied; happy; intoxicated; mad; overexcited; overwrought; rabid; rapturous; thrilled; transported; wild. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Ecstatic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.65% of the time. "Ecstatic" is used about 255 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.65% | 249 | 18,850 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.35% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 255 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ecstatic": be ecstatic ♦ ecstatic fit ♦ ecstatic state. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ecstatic | 14 |
ecstatic dance | 5 |
ecstatic wax | 4 |
ecstatic peace | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ecstatic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | në ekstazë, i mahnitur (bemused, rapt), i dalldisur (foolhardy, rapturous, rash, reckless). (various references) | |
Arabic | وجد (ecstasy, find, get it, hit, locate, manage, passion, puzzle out, rhapsody, trance), شاطح. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | възторжен (enthusiastic, hearty, rapturous, rhapsodic, rousing, whole-hearted), екстатичен. (various references) | |
Czech | extatický (rapturous). (various references) | |
Danish | ekstatisk psykose (ecstatic benefic psychosis), ekstase (ecstasy, ecstatic trance). (various references) | |
Dutch | extatisch. (various references) | |
Esperanto | ekstaza. (various references) | |
Faeroese | findarglaður. (various references) | |
Farsi | نشله ای , نشله شده , جذبه ای , بوجدامده . (various references) | |
French | extatique, extasié. (various references) | |
German | verzückt (ecstasizes, ecstatically, enraptured, rapt, rapturous), ekstatisch (ecstatically). (various references) | |
Greek | εκστατικόσ (rapt, rapturous, ravishing, stunned). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתל"ב (enthusiast, enthusiastic, zestful), משול"ב (excited, glowing, perfervid, rapturous), אקסטטי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | elragadtatott (enraptured, overjoyed, raptured, rapturous), eksztatikus (enraptured). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tergiur (aroused, rapt, tempted). (various references) | |
Italian | estatico (rapturous), estasiante. (various references) | |
Manx | ard-voggeysagh, ard-eunyssagh (rapturous). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ecstaticay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | extático. (various references) | |
Romanian | extaziat (raptured), extatic (ecstatically), fermecat (bewitched, charmed, delighted, elf-struck, enchanted, fascinated, magic, magical, spellbound, wonder struck). (various references) | |
Russian | восторженный (enthusiastic, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ushićen (bubbly, delighted, elate, elated, jubilant, overjoyed, rapt, rapturous, thrilled). (various references) | |
Spanish | extático (rapt, rapturous). (various references) | |
Swedish | extatisk (rapturous, rhapsodic), hänryckt (rapturous). (various references) | |
Turkish | vecde gelmiş, mest olmuş (enrapt, entranced, rapt, rapturous), kendinden geçmiş (beside oneself, distracted, distraught, enrapt, entranced, gone, intoxicated, rapt, rapturous, senseless, slaphappy, unconscious). (various references) | |
Ukranian | шалений (amok, amuck, boisterous, dithyrambic, fierce, frantic, frenzied, lunatic, mad, outrageous, pelting, stormy, unruly, vehement, wild), несамовитий (amok, amuck, delirious, frantic, heartbreaking, heartrending, irresponsible, non compos, outrageous, passionate, phrenetic, violent), екстатичний. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhập định; dễ xuất thần, người nhập định, người dễ bị l m mê ly người xuất thần, ở trạng thái mê ly; l m mê ly; dễ bị l m mê ly ngây ngất xuất thần. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ecstatic": ecstatically, ecstatics. (additional references) | |
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"Ecstatic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ecsatatic, ecstactic, ecstaic, ecstalic, ecstasic, ecstatica, ecstatics, ecstatoc, ectatic, eggstatic, eostatic, epstatic, esstatic, estatic, estetic, eustatic, exstatic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ecstatic" (pronounced eksta"tik) |
| 6 | -s t a" t i k | electrostatic, homeostatic, prostatic, static. |
| 4 | -a" t i k | acrobatic, aerobatic, aristocratic, aromatic, asthmatic, asymptomatic, attic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, cinematic, climatic, democratic, diagrammatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, enzymatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, lymphatic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, numismatic, operatic, pancreatic, phosphatic, pneumatic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, psychosomatic, rheumatic, schematic, semiautomatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, traumatic, undemocratic, undiplomatic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, arithmetic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, astronautic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, authentic, autistic, ballistic, bombastic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, climactic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diuretic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monastic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, oligopolistic, onomastic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, plastic, pluralistic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, primitivistic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, scholastic, semantic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, synergistic, synthetic, tactic, terroristic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: ascetic, catties, ectatic, statice, tactics, tictacs. | |
-2 letters: acetic, attics, caseic, cattie, stacte, static, tactic, tictac. | |
-3 letters: attic, cacti, caste, cates, cesta, cesti, cites, saice, scatt, state, taces, tacet, tacit, tacts, taste, tates, teats, tecta, testa. | |
-4 letters: aces, acts, aits, asci, ates, case, cast, cate, cats, ceca, cist, cite, east, eats, etas, etic, ices, sate, sati, scat, seat, sect, seta, sett, sice, site, stat, stet, tace, tact, tate, tats, teas, teat, test, tets, tics, ties, tits. | |
-5 letters: ace, act, ais, ait, ate, att, cat, cis, eat, eta, ice, its, sac, sae, sat, sea, sec, sei, set, sic, sit, tae, tas, tat, tea, tet, tic, tie, tis, tit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: catchiest, catechist, ecstatics. | |
+2 letters: architects, catechists. | |
+3 letters: cantatrices, capacitates, catalectics, cataleptics, catechistic, cholestatic, criticaster, facticities, scratchiest. | |
+4 letters: acatalectics, acceptations, acquittances, backstitched, backstitches, catachrestic, catholicates, causticities, centralistic, certificates, cocultivates, criticasters, decorticates, ecstatically, metacentrics, osteoclastic, postaccident, stereotactic, ticktacktoes. | |
+5 letters: accentuations, actinomycetes, antidesiccant, architectures, attractancies, catholicities, conceptualist, criticalities, decorticators, ectoparasitic, electrostatic, incapacitates, microcassette, nonarchitects, recalcitrants, scholasticate, stratocracies, tachistoscope, tetracyclines. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 63 73 74 61 74 69 63 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -.-. ... - .- - .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100011 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E c s t a t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0063 0073 0074 0061 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3969858667867569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Sounds 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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