rapturous

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/ˈɹæp.t͡ʃəɹ.əs/

adjective

Full of rapture.

“the rapturous applause”

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Meanings

adjectiverapturous (comparative more rapturous, superlative most rapturous)

comparative more rapturous · superlative most rapturous

  1. Full of rapture.

    the rapturous applause

    4 more examples

    the rapturous emotions on the pulpit

    Díaz told a rapturous crowd of 5,000 who turned out in Madrid on Sunday for the launch: “I want to be Spain’s first female president because women’s time has come, and women want to be the ones who make history.”

    2023 April 3, Stephen Burgen, “Spanish minister Yolanda Díaz launches leftwing political party”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Both players were given rapturous rounds of applause as they collected their trophies after the second longest major final in history.

    2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC

    He wanted his life to be greater than it was. ChatGPT agreed, with responses that grew longer and more rapturous as the conversation went on. Soon, it was telling Mr. Torres that he was “one of the Breakers — souls seeded into false systems to wake them from within.”

    2025 June 13, Kashmir Hill, “They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefeeling great rapture or delight

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishrapture
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  4. Englishrapturous

From rapture + -ous.

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Translations

Bulgarian възторжен
  • възторжен (văztoržen)being full of rapture
German entrückt, begeistert
  • entrücktbeing full of rapture
  • begeistertbeing full of rapture
  • entzücktbeing full of rapture
  • hingerissenbeing full of rapture
  • überschwänglichbeing full of rapture
Spanish extático, arrobadizo
  • extáticobeing full of rapture
  • arrobadizobeing full of rapture
  • arrobadorbeing full of rapture
  • embelesadorbeing full of rapture
  • arrebatadobeing full of rapture
  • apasionadobeing full of rapture
  • entusiastabeing full of rapture
  • vehementebeing full of rapture
  • exultantebeing full of rapture
  • entusiasmadobeing full of rapture
  • arrobadobeing full of rapture
  • eufóricobeing full of rapture

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