ecstatic B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɛkˈstætɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #15623 Meanings 1 adj Extremely happy and excited. She was ecstatic when she got into her first-choice university. 2 adj Filled with intense joy or delight, almost beyond control. The crowd gave the band an ecstatic welcome. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · extremely happy and excited. delightedelatedeuphoricexultantblissful 2 adj · filled with intense joy or... enrapturedrapturousrhapsodic Word family Derived forms ecstaticallyecstaticityecstaticizeunecstatic Appears in Phrases (1) See all ecstatic state a condition of intense religious excitement or trance Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic. ἐκστατικός Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # ecstatic **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɛkˈstætɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 15623 ## Meanings 1. Extremely happy and excited. 2. Filled with intense joy or delight, almost beyond control. ## Examples - She was ecstatic when she got into her first-choice university. - The crowd gave the band an ecstatic welcome. ## Derived Forms - ecstatically - ecstaticity - ecstaticize - unecstatic ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ἐκστατικός ## Etymology Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic. ## AI Etymology Ecstatic is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic. In current use, the main senses are “Extremely happy and excited” and “Filled with intense joy or delight, almost beyond control”. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown