ecstasy
noun
ec·sta·sy
ˈek-stə-sē 
plural ecstasies
1
: a state of overwhelming emotion
especially
: rapturous delight
2
often capitalized
: a synthetic amphetamine analog C11H15NO2 used illicitly for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties
called also MDMA
3
: trance
especially
: a mystic or prophetic trance
4
a
: a state of being beyond reason and self-control
b
archaic
: swoon
Examples of ecstasy in a Sentence
His performance sent the audience into ecstasies.
actors are typically in ecstasy upon winning an Oscar
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Throughout the trial, Ventura has been open about her prior dependence on opioids, as well as her use of MDMA, ecstasy, ketamine, mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana and other drugs.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 May 2025
These are important and if they are not statistically accounted for the technical skills of the game won’t be important and will be lost to the ecstasy of the home run and the agony of the strikeout.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2025
Before becoming vice president, Senator JD Vance’s introduction of a bill to raise the tax on large endowments from 1.4% to 35% for universities with endowments larger than $10 billion sent the right-side of social media world into paroxysms of ecstasy.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 May 2025
While arguing a case in court, Steel sometimes feels a kind of moral ecstasy.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 May 2025
These are important and if they are not statistically accounted for the technical skills of the game won’t be important and will be lost to the ecstasy of the home run and the agony of the strikeout.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2025
Before becoming vice president, Senator JD Vance’s introduction of a bill to raise the tax on large endowments from 1.4% to 35% for universities with endowments larger than $10 billion sent the right-side of social media world into paroxysms of ecstasy.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 May 2025
While arguing a case in court, Steel sometimes feels a kind of moral ecstasy.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Ecstasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ecstasy. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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ecstasy
noun
ec·sta·sy
ˈek-stə-sē
plural ecstasies
1
: a state of being beyond reason and self-control
2
: a state of overwhelming emotion
an ecstasy of fear
especially
: very great joy
3
: a drug used illegally to stimulate the central nervous system and to cause hallucinations
ecstatic
adjective
ek-ˈstat-ik
ik-
ecstatically
adverb
-i-k(ə-)lē
Medical Definition
ecstasy
noun
ec·sta·sy
ˈek-stə-sē
plural ecstasies
1
: a trance state in which intense absorption (as in religious ideation) is accompanied by loss of sense perception and voluntary control
2
often capitalized
: a synthetic amphetamine analog C11H15NO2 used illicitly for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties
called also MDMA, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, XTC
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