rapturous
full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
characterized by, attended with, or expressive of such rapture: rapturous praise.
Origin of rapturous
1Other words from rapturous
- rap·tur·ous·ly, adverb
- rap·tur·ous·ness, noun
- un·rap·tur·ous, adjective
- un·rap·tur·ous·ly, adverb
- un·rap·tur·ous·ness, noun
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How to use rapturous in a sentence
After making her feature debut in 2015 with “Songs My Brother Taught Me,” she gained rapturous critical attention for her 2017 follow-up “The Rider,” a fact-based drama about a cowboy returning to rodeo life.
Chloé Zhao explains how ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Eternals’ are cinematic twins | Ann Hornaday | November 5, 2021 | Washington PostFive years ago, Ben Platt received rapturous near-universal praise for his work as the protagonist of Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway.
Why So Many Movie Musical Adaptations Just Don't Work | Annabel Gutterman | September 23, 2021 | TimeOn a whim, she posted a rapturous video review of the sandwich, which she praised as being so good that “my life is changing right before my eyes,” to Facebook.
Indeed, to dismiss the latest sub-two spectacle as a pure marketing stunt is to deprive oneself of the rapturous pleasure of seeing Kipchoge in motion—a sight that can make all the clichés feel justified.
The New Kipchoge Documentary Is a Superfluous Delight | mmirhashem | August 20, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe reviews have been rapturous, and if word of mouth doesn’t turn this movie into a blockbuster hit, I will have lost all faith in the moviegoing public.
The Dazzling ‘In the Heights’ May Be the Best Movie Musical in Decades | Kevin Fallon | June 11, 2021 | The Daily Beast
Tennis dignitary Chris Evert stands behind her, forced into rapturous laughter along with 14,000 others inside the arena.
Tennis Star Li Na Says Goodbye to the Court…and Puts the Sport’s Rise in Asia in Question | Nicholas McCarvel | September 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is more like a spiritual connection, one they describe in near-rapturous terms.
In Crimea, “every place is sacred to us,” Putin told his rapturous parliamentary audience.
Previews have been packed, and the standing ovations rapturous.
To judge by the long and rapturous standing ovation Clinton received, Bushnell was not alone.
Covered with confusion, Queeker sat down amid continued laughter and rapturous applause.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneHe had thrown himself into this new experience without the slightest distrust, with the rapturous idolatry of the boy he was.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonFrances did not receive with rapturous delight the news of her invitation to Robin Redbreast.
Robin Redbreast | Mary Louisa MolesworthAnd once more on the face of the dying man shone out the rapturous smile, which gave the poor old woman such cruel pain.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan Turgenevrapturous applause followed the first verse, and Billy started in to teach them the chorus, so they could all join.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroy
British Dictionary definitions for rapturous
/ (ˈræptʃərəs) /
experiencing or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight
Derived forms of rapturous
- rapturously, adverb
- rapturousness, noun
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