Word
rapture
Phoneticsrap·ture
US/ˈɹæptʃɝ/
UK/ɹˈæptʃɐ/
Definition
n. a feeling of extreme happiness, pleasure, or excitement. You use this to describe being completely carried away by a wonderful emotion.
n. a state of intense pleasure, joy, or enthusiasm. Often used in literary or religious contexts to describe being overwhelmed by a positive experience.
Examples
“The audience listened to the music in total rapture.”
“She gazed at the sunset in rapture, completely forgetting the long hike that had brought her there.”
“The poet describes the rapture of the soul when it finally achieves a moment of perfect clarity and connection with the natural world.”
Examples
simple
“The audience listened to the music in total rapture.”
contextual
“She gazed at the sunset in rapture, completely forgetting the long hike that had brought her there.”
complex
“The poet describes the rapture of the soul when it finally achieves a moment of perfect clarity and connection with the natural world.”
Usage
Often follows the preposition 'in' to describe a person's emotional state.
Real-World Examples
“Abdallah Sima broke Slavia’s resistance with an equaliser only for Sturm to send the home crowd into raptures with his second in the 88th minute.” Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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