ecstatic

[ek-stat-ik] / ɛkˈstæt ɪk /

ADJECTIVE

very happy, blissful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blissful delirious elated enthusiastic euphoric fervent happy joyful joyous mad overjoyed rapturous rhapsodic thrilled upbeat

STRONG

crazy

WEAK

athrill beatific dreamy enraptured entranced floating flying flying high gone high in exaltation in seventh heaven on cloud nine pleased as punch ravished sent sunny tickled pink tickled to death transported turned on wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic depressed down indifferent not happy reasonable sad sorrowful unenthusiastic unexcited unhappy

WEAK

despairing tormented troubled

Example Sentences

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When he found out the club was going through to the playoff final, Mcauley said he had been "ecstatic" and "jumping around in the front room".

From BBC • May 23, 2026

With no dancers or costume changes, all attention is focused purely on her performance and the ecstatic fans.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Thousands of people fill the streets that surround it in lit, ecstatic union.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

My great-grandmother’s diary reveals a girl ecstatic to grow corn for our troops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The worship of Dionysus was centered in these two ideas so far apart—of freedom and ecstatic joy and of savage brutality.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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