ecstatic — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.

   Sinonimi

   deliriousrapturous

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (2)

   [W]hilſt he heſitated there, the criſis of pleaſure overtook him, and the cloſe compreſſure of the vvarm ſurrounding fold, drevv from him the extatic guſh, even before mine vvas ready to meet it, kept up by the pain I had endur'd in the courſe of the engagement, from the unſufferable ſize of his vveapon, tho' it vvas not as yet in above half its length.

   The moment of ejaculation in mammiferous animals is accompanied by universal excitement of the whole body, a kind of slight convulsion, which terminates in a comatose or exstatic state.

2. Extremely happy.

   Sinonimi

   blissfulelatedeuphoricjoyfuljoyous

   Esempi

   Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature.

3. Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.

   Esempi

   ecstatic gaze ecstatic trance

   this ecstatic fit of love and jealousy

Sostantivo

1. Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.

   Uso

   • in-plural

   Esempi

   I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics.

2. A person in a state of ecstasy.

   Esempi

   If there is anything that can be called protoscripture, it is surely the utterances of ecstatics, prophets and seers...

Aggettivo

1. feeling great rapture or delight

   Sinonimi

   enrapturedrapturousraptrhapsodic