Antonyms for raptness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rapt

Phonetic Transcription : ræpt

Definition of raptness

Origin : late 14c., "carried away in an ecstatic trance," from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere "seize, carry off" (see rape (v.)). A figurative sense, the notion is of "carried up into Heaven (bodily or in a dream)," as in a saint's vision. Latin literal sense of "carried away" was in English from 1550s. In 15c.-17c. the word also sometimes could mean "raped." Sense of "engrossed" first recorded c.1500. As a past participle adjective, in English it spawned the back-formed verb rap "to affect with rapture," which was common c.1600-1750.

As in absorption : noun total attention toward something
As in immersion : noun absorption
As in prepossession : noun absorption

Example sentences :

There is a misty broodiness in his eyes which leaves 85 them indescribably lovely to me as I watch him in his moments of raptness.
Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer

Tyndall noticed that the others were gazing up into the old man's face with an expression of raptness, even of reverence.
Extract from : « Grove of the Unborn » by Lyn Venable

Synonyms for raptness

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