Rapturous
adjective
Showing extreme joy or pleasure.
She received the news with rapturous excitement.
Often appears as...
- rapturous applause
- rapturous excitement
adjective
Relating to a mystic or religious ecstasy.
The rapturous chants of the monks filled the monastery.
Often appears as...
- rapturous chant
- rapturous prayer
Usage tips
Religious
adjective
Showing extreme joy or pleasure.
She received the news with rapturous excitement.
Often appears as...
- rapturous applause
- rapturous excitement
adjective
Relating to a mystic or religious ecstasy.
The rapturous chants of the monks filled the monastery.
Often appears as...
- rapturous chant
- rapturous prayer
Usage tips
Religious
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Joy
Use 'rapturous' to describe a very strong feeling of happiness, more intense than 'happy' or 'glad'.
Her rapturous smile was infectious.
Pro Tip 2/3Excitement Overwhelm
'Rapturous' often implies being so thrilled that one is almost overwhelmed by their emotions.
He was rapturous at the sight of the surprise party.
Pro Tip 3/3Audience's Praise
Use 'rapturous applause' to convey an audience's exceptionally enthusiastic response to a performance.
The singer was greeted by rapturous applause after her stunning performance.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Joy
Use 'rapturous' to describe a very strong feeling of happiness, more intense than 'happy' or 'glad'.
Her rapturous smile was infectious.
Pro Tip 2/3Excitement Overwhelm
'Rapturous' often implies being so thrilled that one is almost overwhelmed by their emotions.
He was rapturous at the sight of the surprise party.
Pro Tip 3/3Audience's Praise
Use 'rapturous applause' to convey an audience's exceptionally enthusiastic response to a performance.
The singer was greeted by rapturous applause after her stunning performance.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Joy
Use 'rapturous' to describe a very strong feeling of happiness, more intense than 'happy' or 'glad'.
Her rapturous smile was infectious.
Pro Tip 2/3Excitement Overwhelm
'Rapturous' often implies being so thrilled that one is almost overwhelmed by their emotions.
He was rapturous at the sight of the surprise party.
Pro Tip 3/3Audience's Praise
Use 'rapturous applause' to convey an audience's exceptionally enthusiastic response to a performance.
The singer was greeted by rapturous applause after her stunning performance.
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Seafood and Survival PIPE...
found at the market and it was incredible and it was such an experience my father I remember him making tacos taco night from scratch and he would moisten the masa harina dough and these two little toe head boys would gently press the dough in the in the you know to form the tortilla and you can imagine us you know rapturously and wondered by this process that to everyone around us in the neighborhoods
Video examples
Seafood and Survival PIPE...
found at the market and it was incredible and it was such an experience my father I remember him making tacos taco night from scratch and he would moisten the masa harina dough and these two little toe head boys would gently press the dough in the in the you know to form the tortilla and you can imagine us you know rapturously and wondered by this process that to everyone around us in the neighborhoods
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Quote examples
Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
As lightly toned by reality as the women on 'Sex and the City,' the bold, soigne characters on 'The L Word' suggest that L is also for limerence, that rapturous state of early love when the entire world is glowing and delectable.
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Jill Lepore
American Historian
Weirdly, there have been a lot of critics of conservatism, but very few critics of innovation. As a culture, we are deeply paranoid about politics, but we gaze upon innovation with rapturous adulation.
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Ted Kotcheff
Canadian Director
Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.
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Cynthia Ozick
American Novelist
With certain rapturous exceptions, literature is the moral life.
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Ezra Furman
American Musician
I love it when people write rapturously about music they love.
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Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
As lightly toned by reality as the women on 'Sex and the City,' the bold, soigne characters on 'The L Word' suggest that L is also for limerence, that rapturous state of early love when the entire world is glowing and delectable.
Quote examples
Jill Lepore
American Historian
Weirdly, there have been a lot of critics of conservatism, but very few critics of innovation. As a culture, we are deeply paranoid about politics, but we gaze upon innovation with rapturous adulation.
Quote examples
Ted Kotcheff
Canadian Director
Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.
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Cynthia Ozick
American Novelist
With certain rapturous exceptions, literature is the moral life.
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Ezra Furman
American Musician
I love it when people write rapturously about music they love.
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