English-Thai Dictionary

ecstasy

N ความปิติยินดี  ความปลาบปลื้ม  delight joy rapture kwam-pi-ti-yin-dee

 

ecstasy

SL ยา อี  E ya-e

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ECSTASY

n.[Gr. to stand. ] 1. Primarily, a fixed state; a trance; a state in which the mind is arrested and fixed, or as we say, lost; a state in which the functions of the senses are suspended by the contemplation of some extraordinary or supernatural object.
Whether what we call ecstasy be not dreaming with our eyes open, I leave to be examined.
2. Excessive joy; rapture; a degree of delight that arrests the whole mind; as a pleasing ecstasy; the ecstasy of love; joy may rise to ecstasy.
3. Enthusiasm; excessive elevation and absorption of mind; extreme delight.
He on the tender grass
Would sit and hearken even to ecstasy.
4. Excessive grief or anxiety. [Not used. ]
5. Madness; distraction. [Not used. ]
6. In medicine, a species of catalepsy, when the person remembers, after the paroxysm is over, the ideas he had during the fit.

 

ECSTASY

v.t.To fill with rapture or enthusiasm.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ECSTASY

Ec "sta *sy, n.; pl. Ecstasies. Etym: [F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. Ex-, and Stand. ] [Also written extasy. ]

 

1. The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries. Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy. Dryden. This is the very ecstasy of love. Shak.

 

2. Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight. He on the tender grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy. Milton.

 

3. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. [Obs. ] That unmatched form and feature of blown youth Blasted with ecstasy. Shak. Our words will but increase his ecstasy. Marlowe.

 

4. (Med. )

 

Defn: A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Mayne.

 

ECSTASY

ECSTASY Ec "sta *sy, v. t.

 

Defn: To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. [Obs. ] The most ecstasied order of holy. .. spirits. Jer. Taylor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ecstasy

ec sta sy |ˈekstəsē ˈɛkstəsi | ▶noun ( pl. ecstasies ) 1 an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement: there was a look of ecstasy on his face | they went into ecstasies over the view. 2 an emotional or religious frenzy or trancelike state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence. 3 (Ecstasy ) an amphetamine-based synthetic drug with euphoric and hallucinatory effects, originally promoted as an adjunct to psychotherapy. (abbr.: MDMA ) ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2 ): from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis ‘standing outside oneself, ’ based on ek- ‘out ’ + histanai ‘to place. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ecstasy

ecstasy |ˈɛkstəsi | ▶noun ( pl. ecstasies ) [ mass noun ] 1 an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement: there was a look of ecstasy on his face | [ count noun ] : they went into ecstasies over the view. 2 an emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence. 3 ( Ecstasy ) an illegal amphetamine-based synthetic drug with euphoric effects, originally produced as an appetite suppressant. Also called MDMA. ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 ): from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis ‘standing outside oneself ’, based on ek- ‘out ’ + histanai ‘to place ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ecstasy

ecstasy noun the ecstasy of loving him: rapture, bliss, elation, euphoria, transports, rhapsodies; joy, jubilation, exultation. ANTONYMS misery. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See rapture . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ecstasy

ecstasy noun the ecstasy of loving him: rapture, bliss, elation, euphoria, cloud nine, seventh heaven, transports, rhapsodies; joy, joyousness, jubilation, exultation, heaven, paradise, delight; informal the top of the world. ANTONYMS misery.

 

Duden Dictionary

Ecstasy

Ec s ta sy , Ecs ta sy Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈɛkstəsi |das Ecstasy; Genitiv: des Ecstasy [s ] < meist ohne Artikel > englisch ecstasy, eigentlich = Ekstase < altfranzösisch extasie < spätlateinisch ecstasis < griechisch ékstasis, Ekstase halluzinogene Designerdroge

 

Ecstasy

Ec s ta sy , Ecs ta sy Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈɛkstəsi |die Ecstasy; Genitiv: der Ecstasy, Plural: die Ecstasys Tablette aus Ecstasy

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ecstasy

ec sta sy /ékstəsi /〖語源は 「困惑 」〗名詞 複 -sies /-z /1 C U 歓喜, 有頂天 ; 無我夢中 ; 狂気 ▸ go [be thrown ] into ecstasies over A Aに有頂天 [無我夢中 ]になる ▸ in ecstasy [ecstasies ]有頂天で .2 U (詩人などの )忘我 , 恍惚 （こうこつ ）; (宗教的 )法悦 ; 〘心 〙恍惚 (状態 ), エクスタシー .3 U 〖E- 〗エクスタシー 〘非合法の幻覚剤; ｟略 ｠E 〙.