| Main Entry: |
ecstasy |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
bliss |
Synonyms: |
beatitude, blessedness,
cool*, delectation,
delight,
delirium, ebullience,
elation,
enchantment,
enthusiasm,
euphoria,
exaltation,
felicity,
fervor,
frenzy, gladness,
happiness,
heaven,
inspiration, intoxication,
joy, joyfulness,
paradise,
rapture, ravishment, rhapsody, seventh heaven,
trance,
transport, twilight zone
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| Notes: |
enstasy means 'to stand inside the self'; ecstasy means 'to stand outside the ordinary self' |
Antonyms: |
despair, sorrow, torment, trouble, unhappiness
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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