Έκσταση — meaning in English

English meaning

• ecstasy noun A feeling of intense joy or pleasure, often so strong it overwhelms rational thought.
• rapture noun A feeling of intense joy or delight, often so strong it feels overwhelming.

Senses

Έκσταση is used for these senses in English:

• ecstasy (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
• rapture Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.

ecstasy — full definition

1. noun A feeling of intense joy or pleasure, often so strong it overwhelms rational thought.
2. noun The recreational drug MDMA, especially in tablet form.

rapture — full definition

1. noun A feeling of intense joy or delight, often so strong it feels overwhelming.
2. noun In some Christian belief, an event in which believers are taken up to heaven.

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