Meanings
comparative more rapturous · superlative most rapturous
- 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, →ISSNBoth 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 BBCHe 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
- Englishrapture
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishrapturous
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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Cite this entry
rapturous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapturous
“rapturous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapturous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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