ecstasy

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ekstasis), from ἐξίστημι (eksistēmi, I displace), from ἐκ (ek, out) and ἵστημι (histēmi, I stand).

Noun [edit]

ecstasy (countable and uncountable; plural ecstasies)

Ecstasy (MDMA) tablets
  1. Intense pleasure.
  2. A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
  3. A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
  4. (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family.

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Antonyms [edit]

  • (intense pleasure): agony

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