different between ecstatic vs exciting

English

Alternative forms

• ecstatick (obsolete)
• extatic (obsolete)
• extatick (obsolete)
• extatique (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????????? (ekstatikós). Surface analysis: ecstasy +? -atic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?stæt?k/

Adjective

ecstatic (comparative more ecstatic, superlative most ecstatic)

1. Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
2. Extremely happy.
3. Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.

   ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance

   • 1649, Henry Hammond, The Pastor's Motto

     this ecstatic fit of love and jealousy

Synonyms

• blissful
• delirious
• elated
• euphoric
• joyful
• joyous

Translations

Noun

ecstatic (plural ecstatics)

1. (in the plural) Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.11:

     I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics.

2. A person in a state of ecstasy.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?sa?t??/

Verb

exciting

1. present participle of excite

Adjective

exciting (comparative more exciting, superlative most exciting)

1. creating or producing excitement

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Derived terms

• excitingness
• excitingly

Translations

Noun

exciting (plural excitings)

1. The process of something becoming excited; excitation.
   • 1855, George Herbert, The Complete Works of George Herbert

     But parents and masters should make haste in this, as to a great purchase for their children and servants; which while they defer, both sides suffer; the one, in wanting many excitings of grace, the other, in being worse served and obeyed.