different between raving vs ecstatic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?v??/

Verb

raving

1. present participle of rave

Noun

raving (plural ravings)

1. (usually in the plural) Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk.
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3. § 5.

     A production without design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning.

Translations

Adjective

raving (comparative more raving, superlative most raving)

1. Talking wildly.
2. Causing excitement or wild praise.

   She was not considered a raving beauty.

Adverb

raving (comparative more raving, superlative most raving)

1. Incoherently

   He went stark, raving mad.

Anagrams

• Garvin, Girvan, grivna

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.