ecstasy

Ecstasy is a feeling of intense joy, happiness or passion. (noun)

An example of ecstasy is a soldier being reunited with his family.

Ecstasy is the psychedelic drug MDMA. (noun)

An example of ecstasy is what club kids use to dance all night.

See ecstasy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. ecstasies

a state of being overpowered by emotion, as by joy, grief, or passion: an ecstasy of delight
a feeling of overpowering joy; great delight; rapture
a trance, esp. one resulting from religious fervor
Slang an illegal, mildly psychedelic derivative of amphetamine, CHNO, that slows down reactions and thought; MDMA

See ecstasy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ĕkˈstə-sē)

noun pl. ec·sta·sies

Intense joy or delight.
A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control: an ecstasy of rage.
The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
Slang MDMA.

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