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ecstatic
What does ecstatic mean?
ecstatic (adjective): feeling great rapture or delight.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use ecstatic in a sentence?
- I'm ecstatic about it. (Tatoeba sentence #5171718 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce ecstatic?
/ɛkˈstætɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ecstatic come from?
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to ecstatic
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “ecstatic” mean?
measured or expressed in numbers
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performed or happening in secret
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feeling great rapture or delight
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likely or most likely to be true
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