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  • 11ecstasy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rapture, joy, transport, bliss, exaltation; gladness, intoxication, enthusiasm; trance, frenzy, inspiration. See pleasure, feeling, imagination. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. joy, rapture, delight; see… …

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  • 12joy — noun 1) whoops of joy Syn: delight, great pleasure, joyfulness, jubilation, triumph, exultation, rejoicing, happiness, gladness, glee, exhilaration, exuberance, elation, euphoria, bliss, ecstasy, rapture; …

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  • 13ecstasy — noun the ecstasy of loving him Syn: rapture, bliss, elation, euphoria, transports, rhapsodies; joy, jubilation, exultation See note at rapture Ant: misery …

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  • 14joy — Synonyms and related words: amusement, be in heaven, be pleased, beam, beatification, beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, caper, caracole, carol, cheer, cheerfulness, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, cloud nine, crow, crow over,… …

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  • 15ecstasy — Synonyms and related words: abandon, affection, affectionateness, afflatus, amativeness, amorousness, ardency, ardor, beatification, beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, cheer, cheerfulness, cloud nine, craze, delectation,… …

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  • 16ecstasy — n. 1. Trance, suspension of external sense. 2. Transport, rapture, ravishment, delight, excessive joy, supreme delight, transporting pleasure …

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  • 17joy — I. n. 1. Gladness, delight, glee, exultation, ecstasy, rapture, ravishment, transport, beatitude, beatification. 2. Happiness, felicity, bliss. 3. Cause of gladness, delight, happiness. II. v. n. Exult, rejoice, be glad, be delighted, be joyful …

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  • 18ecstasy — n 1. exaltation, elation, exhilaration, thrill, ravishment; paroxysm, orgasm, excitement, excitation; sensation, emotion, enthusiasm, elan. 2. rapture, transport, bliss, elysium; euphoria, happiness, joy, gladness, felicity; delight, delectation …

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  • 19joy — n 1. delight, pleasure, enjoyment, delectation, gratification; gladness, Archaic. joyance, happiness, felicity, beatitude, blessedness, exaltation, rapture, bliss; seventh heaven, ecstasy, ravishment, transport. 2. peace, peacefulness, serenity,… …

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  • 20ecstasy — noun Syn: rapture, bliss, joy, elation, euphoria, rhapsodies Ant: misery …

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