Definition of Ecstasy
Ecstasy
ec·sta·sy
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a state or feeling of overwhelming emotion, especially happiness, delight/rapture, or joyful excitement;
e.g. There was a look of ecstasy on her face after she won the jack pot.
(noun)
a state in which one lacks self-control and is beyond reason, due to being either in a frenzy (a wild and uncontrolled state) or in a trance (semi-consciousness, a daze);
e.g. In his ecstasy, he began to dance wildly.
(noun)
a recreational drug derived from amphetamine that has hallucinogenic and mood-enhancing (euphoric) properties;
e.g. They took pills of ecstasy before going to the nightclub.
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