Synonyms for rapturous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rap-cher-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp tʃər əs


Définition of rapturous

Origin :
  • 1670s, from rapture + -ous. Related: Rapturously (1660s).
  • adj ecstatic
Example sentences :
  • In a few seconds it took fire, to Johnsons rapturous delight.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • The hungry man repeated, in a rapturous croak, "Magnificent!"
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Thence I passed to a rapturous description of the hunting-lodge which he had lent me.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • She yielded her hands, her cheeks, her lips, to Serge's rapturous kisses.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • There is no mystic enthusiasm or rapturous contemplation of ideas.
  • Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
  • That look of rapturous joy had left her, and she too became practical.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • She fell on my neck and kissed me as I said this, with a sort of rapturous delight.
  • Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
  • I took her hand, which she abandoned to my rapturous kisses.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • I heard, too, rapturous snatches of the song they sing in that better land.
  • Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
  • Would she be quite prepared for so rapturous a greeting as he longed to give her?
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King

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