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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.rapturous - feeling great rapture or delight
ecstatic, enraptured, rapt, rhapsodic
joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"
rapturous
adjective ecstatic, delighted, enthusiastic, rapt, sent (informal) happy, transported, joyous, exalted, joyful, over the moon (informal) overjoyed, blissful, ravished, euphoric, on cloud nine (informal) blissed out (informal) rhapsodic, in seventh heaven, floating on air
Translations
rapturous [ˈræptʃərəs] adj → extático; [applause] → entusiasta;
a rapturous (party) → macrofiesta con música máquina;
rapturous music → música máquina
rapturous [ˈræptʃərəs] adj → extasié(e); frénétique
rapturous [ˈræptʃərəs] rapture adj (applause, welcome) → stürmisch
rapturous [ˈræptʃərəs] adj → estatico/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.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Greater ones, verily, have there been, and higher-born ones, than those whom the people call Saviours, those rapturous blusterers!
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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