ecstasy

/ˈɛk.stə.si/ · noun

Meaning

Intense pleasure.
A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.
The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended; the body is erect and inflexible; but the pulse and breathing are not affected.
To experience intense pleasure.
To cause intense pleasure in.

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