HOW TO PRONOUNCE
ecstasy
/ˈɛkstəsi/
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Keep k-s-t together near the start.
The first syllable is strongest. Move through the three consonants without inserting another vowel, then keep the remaining two syllables lighter.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“She was in ecstasy after hearing the news.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does ecstasy mean?
noun
- 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.
More meanings (6)
noun
- (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
- (slang) Alternative letter-case form of ecstasy (“drug”).
- (obsolete) Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.
- (dated) A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended, and the body is erect and inflexible.
verb
- To experience intense pleasure.
- To cause intense pleasure in.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɛkstəsi/
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The ecstasy of J. T. Maston knew no bounds, and he narrowly escaped a frightful fall while staring down the tube.
However, leaving that mystery to solve itself, or go unsolved for ever, he drove his task onward with earnest haste and ecstasy.
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In the depths of the shadow into which he had already descended, ecstasy was still possible to him when gazing at Cosette.
A little later he is equally struck with the view of the open country, and his ecstasy is pardonable in a novice.
A beatific smile of regret, repentance, and ecstasy beamed on M. de Beausset’s face and he glided away to the other generals.