ecstasy
n. C / Un. a feeling of extreme happiness or excitement. It can also refer to a powerful illegal drug that makes people feel very energetic and connected to others.
n. an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement. In a pharmacological context, it refers to MDMA, a synthetic psychoactive drug with stimulant and hallucinogenic properties.
She was in ecstasy after winning the race.
The crowd was in a state of pure ecstasy as the band played their final hit song.
The poet attempted to capture the spiritual ecstasy of the moment, describing a sense of profound unity with the natural world that transcended ordinary human experience.
From Old French estaise (“ecstasy, rapture”), from Latin ecstasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis), from ἐξίστημι (exístēmi, “I displace”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”).
Uncountable when referring to the emotional state or the drug; countable when referring to specific mystical or religious experiences.