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- DictionaryRap·tur·ous/ˈrap(t)SHərəs/
adjective
- 1. characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm: "he was greeted with rapturous applause"
1. : 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.
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.
showing extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: The play was greeted with rapturous applause. The team received a rapturous welcome. Synonyms. ecstatic. enrapturedliterary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling pleasure and happiness. (as) pleased as Punchidiom. ASMR. be dancing in the streetsidiom. be floating on airidiom.
Rapturous definition: full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.. See examples of RAPTUROUS used in a sentence.
expressing extreme pleasure or enthusiasm for somebody/something synonym ecstatic. The Olympic team was given a rapturous welcome. Definition of rapturous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The adjective rapturous is great for describing someone who's delighted, like the rapturous excitement of a room full of teenagers at their favorite pop star's concert, or the rapturous look on a child's face when she opens her birthday present and finds exactly what she had hoped for.
rapturous. (ræptʃərəs ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] 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.
