how to pronounce ecstasy

/ˈɛkstəsiː/

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ecstasy is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of ecstasy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

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meanings of ecstasy

noun:

A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended; the body is erect and inflexible; but the pulse and breathing are not affected.
Alternative letter-case form of ecstasy (“drug").
A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
Intense pleasure.
The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.
A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.

verb:

To experience intense pleasure.
To cause intense pleasure in.

ecstasy frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word ecstasy occurs in english on average 3.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.