Definitions for ecstasyˈɛk stə si

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ec•sta•sy^*ˈɛk stə si(n.)(pl.)-sies.

rapturous delight.
an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling.
the frenzy of poetic inspiration.
mental transport or rapture from the contemplation of divine things.
(often cap.)Slang.
Category: Informal
Ref: See MDMA

^* Syn: ecstasy , rapture , transport , exaltation share a sense of being taken out of oneself or one's normal state and entering a state of heightened feeling. ecstasy suggests an emotion so overpowering as to produce a trancelike state: religious ecstasy; an ecstasy of grief. rapture most often refers to an elevated sensation of bliss or delight, either carnal or spiritual: the rapture of first love. transport suggests a strength of feeling that often results in expression of some kind: in a transport of delight. exaltation refers to a heady sense of personal well-being so powerful that one is lifted above normal emotional levels: wild exaltation at having finally broken the record.

Origin of ecstasy:

1350–1400; ME extasie < MF < ML extasis < Gk ékstasis displacement, trance

Princeton's WordNet

ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus(noun)
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
"listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
ecstasy, rapture(noun)
a state of elated bliss
Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug(noun)
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Wiktionary

ecstasy(Noun)
Intense pleasure.
ecstasy(Noun)
A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
ecstasy(Noun)
A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
ecstasy(Noun)
The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family.
Ecstasy(ProperNoun)
The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family.

Origin: From ἔκστασις, from ἐξίστημι, from ἐκ and ἵστημι.

Webster Dictionary

Ecstasy(noun)
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
Ecstasy(noun)
excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight
Ecstasy(noun)
violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness
Ecstasy(noun)
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
Ecstasy(verb)
to fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm