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Antonyms for rapture
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rap-cher |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp tʃər |
Definition of rapture
Origin :- c.1600, "act of carrying off," from Middle French rapture, from Medieval Latin raptura "seizure, rape, kidnapping," from Latin raptus "a carrying off, abduction, snatching away; rape" (see rapt). Earliest attested use in English is of women and in 17c. it sometimes meant rape (v.), which word is a cognate of this. Sense of "spiritual ecstasy, state of mental transport" first recorded c.1600 (raptures).
- noun extreme happiness and delight in something
- And the music seized us and swept us away with its rapture and its mystery.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Fanny uttered a low and suppressed cry of delight and rapture.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Mr Pecksniff looked up to the ceiling, and clasped his hands in rapture.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- "Thank you, thank you with all my heart," Marie stammered amidst her rapture.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Then, with dreamy eyes, he relapsed into a state of rapture.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- May peace be an inmate of his bosom, and rapture a frequent visitor of his soul!
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- They have not been fused in the rapture of some unique mood, not focussed by the intensity of an emotion.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- In this alternation of rapture and despair all her time passes.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- You retain your lofty calm: but inside you are little quivers of rapture.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- And that rapture she could never share; she knew herself; it was not in her.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Synonyms for rapture
- at-oneness
- beatitude
- bliss
- buoyancy
- cheer
- cloud nine
- communion
- contentment
- cool
- delectation
- ecstasy
- elation
- Elysium
- enchantment
- enjoyment
- enthusiasm
- euphoria
- exaltation
- exhilaration
- felicity
- gaiety
- gladness
- glory
- good spirits
- gratification
- heaven
- inspiration
- joy
- jubilation
- nirvana
- paradise
- passion
- pleasure
- ravishment
- rhapsody
- satisfaction
- seventh heaven
- spell
- transport
- well-being
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