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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All of my daughters and my son-in-law will be coming to visit me for Christmas this year, and I am ecstatic.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was ecstatic, he said, and hadn’t heard of the dead horses.

From Seattle Times

The work takes its title from the last lines of “Ulysses,” in which Molly Bloom recalls an ecstatic sexual experience.

From New York Times

"I was ecstatic that it's been described as an elevated beach read."

From Salon

Now she is ecstatic to be in London for her first coronation.

From Reuters