ECSTASY


Meaning of ECSTASY in English

vt to fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.

2. ecstasy ·noun excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.

3. ecstasy ·noun violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.

4. ecstasy ·noun 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.

5. ecstasy ·noun 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.

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