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rapturous

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rap·tur·ous  (rpchr-s)
adj.
Filled with great joy or rapture; ecstatic.

raptur·ous·ly adv.
raptur·ous·ness n.

rapturous [ˈræptʃərəs]
adj
experiencing or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight
rapturously  adv
rapturousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.rapturous - feeling great rapture or delight
joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

rapturous
adjective ecstatic, delighted, enthusiastic, rapt, sent, happy, transported, joyous, exalted, joyful, over the moon (informal), overjoyed, blissful, ravished, euphoric, on cloud nine (informal), blissed out, rhapsodic, in seventh heaven, floating on air The conference greeted the speech with rapturous applause.
Translations
rapturous [ˈræptʃərəs] ADJ [applause] → entusiasta; [look] → extasiado
rapturous [ˈræptʃərəs] adj [applause] → frénétique; [welcome, reception] → enthousiaste
rapturous
adj receptionstürmisch, begeistert; exclamationentzückt; lookverzückt, hingerissen; rapturous applauseBeifallstürme pl
rapturous [ˈræptʃrəs] (liter) adj (smile) → estatico/a; (welcome, praise, applause) → entusiastico/a


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Her flame quickly burned up that light fuel; and, fed from within, soared after some illimitable satisfaction, some object which would never justify weariness, which would reconcile self-despair with the rapturous consciousness of life beyond self.
I used to light my fire and make tea for myself, till one rapturous morning I discovered that Hebe was fond of rising early too, and that she would like to light my fire and make my tea.
Greater ones, verily, have there been, and higher-born ones, than those whom the people call Saviours, those rapturous blusterers!
 
 
 
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