Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Filled with or characterized by great joy or rapture; ecstatic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the character of rapture; marked by rapture; exciting or manifesting rapture; ecstatically joyous or exalted: as, rapturous exultation; a rapturous look; a rapturous scene.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective The state or condition of being full of
rapture
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective feeling great rapture or delight
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Examples
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If he had thought her expression rapturous before, he’d been wrong.
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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If he had thought her expression rapturous before, he’d been wrong.
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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If he had thought her expression rapturous before, he’d been wrong.
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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Tim heard my cries, and he arrived at the witch's school to be bathed in rapturous love from the prepubescent masses.
The Tim Curry fandom post/half-assed Worst Witch review 2004
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She nodded and turned to face him, expecting—and hoping for—a passionate kiss, an expression of rapturous joy on his face.
Rhapsody In Time Judith O’Brien 1994
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She nodded and turned to face him, expecting—and hoping for—a passionate kiss, an expression of rapturous joy on his face.
Rhapsody In Time Judith O’Brien 1994
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An hour was spent in rapturous inspection, and then everything was placed carefully back in the boxes.
The Second Chance 1910
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I'm Irish and inflammable, I suppose, but I never looked on a girl to make a man comprehend the entire holy meaning of the word rapturous, like that one.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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I'm Irish and inflammable, I suppose, but I never looked on a girl to make a man comprehend the entire holy meaning of the word rapturous, like that one.
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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Wainwright’s concert at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday (and also last night) was not merely a show, but a cultural event that drew a sold-out crowd dotted with celebrities and an audience that held Wainwright in rapturous esteem.
Katie Holmes “So You Think You Can Dance” VIDEO (Judy Garland “Get Happy” Tribute) 2006
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