ecstatic.

Filled with intense joy or delight.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• ecstatic response
• ecstatic crowd

On the page

The rescuers received an ecstatic welcome.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more ecstatic; superlative most ecstatic when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.