ecstasy

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Synonyms: ecstacy, eustasy, ectasy, exstasy

Antonyms: ecstacy, eustasy, ectasy, exstasy

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Noun

1. [[intense|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. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.
5. {{lb|en|slang}} The drug [[MDMA]], a synthetic [[entactogen]] of the [[methylenedioxyphenethylamine]] family, especially in a tablet form.
6. {{lb|en|medicine|dated}} A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended, and the body is erect and inflexible. {{attn|en|catatonia?}}

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To experience intense pleasure.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause intense pleasure in.

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