as in giddy
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
a football player who was ecstatic upon receiving a full athletic scholarship to the college of his choice
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Recent Examples of ecstatic
Reviews were mostly positive, occasionally ecstatic, with Danes’ performance often singled out for its brilliance.
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
From there, things get strange and beautiful, before becoming ecstatic.
—Brett Saunders, The Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2024
Real pros would resolve a point far more quickly, but this is tennis as modern erotic opera, and the scene ends with one of the most ecstatic visual jokes of the year: one man leaping across the net and landing—sweaty, smiling, spent—in the waiting arms of the other.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
In Thursday’s latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Secrets, the president-elect’s MAGA base is ecstatic with his choices and believes that the Senate will bow to Trump’s wishes.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Nov. 2024
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
From there, things get strange and beautiful, before becoming ecstatic.
—Brett Saunders, The Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2024
Real pros would resolve a point far more quickly, but this is tennis as modern erotic opera, and the scene ends with one of the most ecstatic visual jokes of the year: one man leaping across the net and landing—sweaty, smiling, spent—in the waiting arms of the other.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
In Thursday’s latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Secrets, the president-elect’s MAGA base is ecstatic with his choices and believes that the Senate will bow to Trump’s wishes.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ecstatic
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On 10 nights each season, the Brothers Manning pile into their Monday Night Football sidecar, offering football junkies a bracing dose of hardcore X’s and O’s that’s regularly leavened by an almost giddy irreverence.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Miss Pettigrew can be a bit too giddy for its own good, but Adams matches that flamboyance at every giggly step.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Prospective renters shouldn’t get too excited, however.Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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And, in fact, the American consumer today, as well as corporate America, is quite excited about what the Trump administration is talking about, and the business environment is very positive.CBS News, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Nobody has been more enthusiastic than Bella Hadid.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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While most of the 860-plus comments were congratulatory, many were predictably less enthusiastic.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 12 Dec. 2024
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Christian Slater's daughter wasn't super thrilled to become a big sister.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Fresh off a breakup, Meg is thrilled to meet Roger, who seems like the perfect man: disarmingly handsome, sweet, and obsessed with her.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
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Corum, who played at Michigan, was elated that his old college team defeated Ohio State on Saturday, and that the Rams won on Sunday.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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An elated Sinatra, who realized that the whole ordeal wouldn’t derail his career, swiftly purchased an $85,000 nine-carat engagement ring.Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Currently, the standard of care is managing patients’ withdrawal symptoms with drugs such as methadone and buprenorphine, which are themselves opioids and still retain some euphoric effects and potential for abuse.Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2024
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Over time, users may develop a tolerance, requiring larger amounts of nitrous oxide to achieve the same euphoric effect.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Sep. 2024
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The latest entry to the Meet the Parents franchise premiered over 10 years ago, and fans of the movies might be delighted to learn that Universal Pictures wants to get the original cast together for another sequel.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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His first pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, was pro-legalization; cannabis advocates were delighted.Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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Walking into that pitch-black space, not seeing anything while having my eyes wide open exhilarated and frightened me.Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Unlike his exhilarated mother, Titus reacted neutrally.Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
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“Ecstatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ecstatic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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