Definitions for ecstasy
ˈɛk stə siec·sta·sy

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptusnoun

   a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

   "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens

2. ecstasy, rapturenoun

   a state of elated bliss

3. Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drugnoun

   street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ecstasynoun

   Intense pleasure.

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

2. ecstasynoun

   A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.

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

3. ecstasynoun

   A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.

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

4. ecstasynoun

   The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family.

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

5. Ecstasynoun

   The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ecstasynoun

   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

   Etymology: [F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. , fr. to put out of place, derange; = 'ek out + to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand.]

2. Ecstasynoun

   excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight

   Etymology: [F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. , fr. to put out of place, derange; = 'ek out + to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand.]

3. Ecstasynoun

   violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness

   Etymology: [F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. , fr. to put out of place, derange; = 'ek out + to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand.]

4. Ecstasynoun

   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

   Etymology: [F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. , fr. to put out of place, derange; = 'ek out + to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand.]

5. Ecstasyverb

   to fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm

   Etymology: [F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. , fr. to put out of place, derange; = 'ek out + to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand.]

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Ecstasy

   Ecstasy is the second mini album by the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, released in November 1987 on Lazy Records. Released in a limited edition of 3,000 copies, it was the band's final release for Lazy Records. Ecstasy followed the "bubblegum pop with buzzsaw guitars" formula of My Bloody Valentine's earlier releases for the label and diverged further from their earlier post-punk sound. Upon its release, Ecstasy received moderate critical acclaim. Melody Maker referred to the album as "a series of aloof, pastel washes of sound, suspended guitars, words from the back of beyond tying in to a large, shifting whole" and "larger than the sum of its parts." Ecstasy entered the UK Indie Chart in December 1987 and spent four weeks in total on the chart, peaking at number 12. The album was later reissued alongside My Bloody Valentine's EP Strawberry Wine on the compilation album Ecstasy and Wine.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ecstasy

   ek′sta-si, 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. [Through O. Fr. and Low L. from Gr. ekstasis—ek, aside, histanai, to make to stand.]

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1. • Bliss
   • Methylenedioxymethamphetamine

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ecstasy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ecstasy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of ecstasy in a Sentence

1. Jean Cocteau:

   If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.

2. Georges Bataille:

   Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love.

3. Erik Pevernagie:

   Time' can be pitiless. Time is able to convert the flame of love into a mood of restraint. A paradise of adulation can become a setting of animosity and ecstasy can change into indifference. Mutual complicity can become a balance of power and heaven can turn into hell. Eventually only a best friend remains ː ' Me, myself and I' . -Erik Pevernagie

4. Emma Goldman:

   Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State and Church-begotten weed, marriage?

5. Orson Welles:

   Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

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