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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