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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Nina and Cody, ecstatic about visiting their neighborhood splash pad, run through fountains and hop in kiddie pools, but protagonist JJ is a bit more skeptical.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

She adds that her grandchildren are ecstatic every time she mentions a visit to the pool.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Raimondo, who turned 18 shortly before the election, said he was "absolutely ecstatic" at the result.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The New York Times described Rollins as establishing “a genuine American rhetoric, delirious and ecstatic; audiences reoriented their imagination, and their sense of patience, around them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 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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