Rapturous
['ræptʃərəs]
Definition
(a.) Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Ecstatic, ravishing, transporting.
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Examples
- This had dashed the triumphant and rapturous emotions of maternity with grief and fear. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Their meetings were full of rapturous and romantic delight. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Jo paused a little over the last word, but Laurie uttered it with a rapturous expression. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This was a surprise even to the actors, and when they saw the table, they looked at one another in rapturous amazement. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Dread lord and mighty, crowded audiences have greeted our humble efforts with rapturous applause. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For some days afterwards, I am lost in rapturous reflections; but I neither see her in the street, nor when I call. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The Miss Bertrams' admiration of Mr. Crawford was more rapturous than anything which Miss Crawford's habits made her likely to feel. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- This sound being taken up by the Minders, swelled into a rapturous trio which gave general satisfaction. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The hungry man repeated, in a rapturous croak, Magnificent! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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