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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.
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.
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.
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.
Define rapturous. rapturous synonyms, rapturous pronunciation, rapturous translation, English dictionary definition of rapturous. adj. Filled with or characterized by great joy or rapture; ecstatic. rap′tur·ous·ly adv. rap′tur·ous·ness n.
rapturous meaning, definition, what is rapturous: expressing great happiness or admiration...: Learn more.
Rapturous definition: Filled with or characterized by great joy or rapture; ecstatic.
