All 8 Uses of
ecstasy
in
War and Peace
- When he was within twenty paces, and Nicholas could clearly distinguish every detail of his handsome, happy young face, he experienced a feeling tenderness and ecstasy such as he had never before known.†
Chpt 3
- His every word and movement was described with ecstasy.†
Chpt 3 *
- "What are you about?" shouted Rostov, looking at him in an ecstasy of exasperation.†
Chpt 4
- Natasha was in ecstasies over "Uncle's" singing.†
Chpt 7
- And in Helene's salon, which Rumyantsev himself honored with his visits, regarding Helene as a remarkably intelligent woman, they talked with the same ecstasy in 1812 as in 1808 of the "great nation" and the "great man," and regretted our rupture with France, a rupture which, according to them, ought to be promptly terminated by peace.†
Chpt 10
- A beatific smile of regret, repentance, and ecstasy beamed on M. de Beausset's face and he glided away to the other generals.†
Chpt 10
- You should have seen her ecstasy, and how he caught it for having stayed away so long.†
Chpt 15
- His face expressed entreaty, agitation, and ecstasy.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(ecstasy as in: a state of ecstasy) a state of intense happiness