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- Dictionaryrapturous/ˈraptʃ(ə)rəs/
adjective
- 1. characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm: "he was greeted with rapturous applause"
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showing extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: The play was greeted with rapturous applause. The team received a rapturous welcome. Synonyms. ecstatic. enraptured literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling pleasure and happiness. (as) pleased as Punch idiom. ASMR. be dancing in the streets idiom. be floating on air idiom.
: an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion. 2. a. : a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion. b. : a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things. 3. often capitalized : the final assumption of Christians into heaven during the end-time according to Christian theology.
Rapturous definition: full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.. See examples of RAPTUROUS used in a sentence.
The root word of rapturous is the Latin raptus or "a carrying off," and until the mid-1600s, that's exactly what rapture was used to mean. Definitions of rapturous. adjective. feeling great rapture or delight. synonyms: ecstatic, enraptured, rapt, rhapsodic. joyous. full of or characterized by joy.
showing extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: The play was greeted with rapturous applause. The team received a rapturous welcome. Synonyms. ecstatic. enraptured literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling pleasure and happiness. (as) pleased as Punch idiom. ASMR. be dancing in the streets idiom. be floating on air idiom.
A rapturous feeling or reaction is one of extreme happiness or enthusiasm. [journalism] The students gave him a rapturous welcome. The Pope received a rapturous reception. The conference greeted the speech with rapturous applause. Synonyms: ecstatic, delighted, enthusiastic, rapt More Synonyms of rapturous. rapturously adverb [ADVERB with verb]
Definition of rapturous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
