ecstatic

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Today everybody's upbeat -- ecstatic, even -- especially the fans, many of whom use football as an escape from real-world drudgeries that can sometimes make the offseason seem unbearably long.

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  1. adjective Marked by or expressing ecstasy.
  2. adjective Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured.

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  • The Canadian with the lamp was ecstatic, and looked to the other and soon realized he was less than pleased. —  The Toque
  • I was ecstatic, and after reading it, I can say it was everything I expected.
  • Today everybody's upbeat -- ecstatic, even -- especially the fans, many of whom use football as an escape from real-world drudgeries that can sometimes make the offseason seem unbearably long. —  FanHouse
  • "They are absolutely ecstatic, and so they should be because it was a great home start for them in what was a thoroughly deserved victory."
  • Gisele Bundchen is expecting and "ecstatic," sources tell PEOPLE. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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  1. French extatique, from Greek ekstatikos, from ekstasis, distraction; see ecstasy.

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  1. Formerly ecstatick, extatick; = French extatique = Spanish extático = Portuguese extatico = Italian estatico, from Greek ἐκστατικός, from ἒκστασ, σ1ις, ecstasy: see ecstasy.
 

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