ecstatic

ek-STAT-ikadj

Meaning overwhelmingly happy and excited

Memory hook ec-STATIC: crackling with joy. Ivy is so happy about her new puppy that she crackles like static electricity: she jumps, squeals and sparks with joy. She is ecstatic.

The puppy was ecstatic to see its family come home after a week away.

In context Lila had expected socks for her birthday, so when she unwrapped a telescope, she was ecstatic, shrieking and hugging everyone in the room.

Similar overjoyed, thrilled, euphoric, delighted

Opposite miserable, devastated, glum

From Greek ekstatikos, from ekstasis, “standing outside oneself”: ek (out) + histanai (to place, to stand).

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