different between ecstatic vs thrilling

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): /????l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Verb

thrilling

1. present participle of thrill

Adjective

thrilling (comparative more thrilling, superlative most thrilling)

1. Causing a feeling of sudden excitement.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Noun

thrilling (plural thrillings)

1. A thrill.
   • 1912, William Hope Hodgson, The Night Land

     […] my heart told me that she did all be stirred with small thrillings of defiance unto me, and with thrillings of love […]

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English thrilling.

Adjective

thrilling (invariable)

1. thrilling
2. (relational) thriller

Noun

thrilling m (invariable)

1. thriller (film, book etc)
2. thrill