rapture

/'ræptʃə/

Thân thiện

The music filled the concert hall, and the audience sat in a state of perfect rapture.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A state of elated bliss: An intense feeling of great happiness, joy, or delight that completely absorbs one's attention.
   • A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion: A condition where one is so affected by a powerful, positive feeling that they seem transported or entranced.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • The beautiful symphony filled her with rapture.
  • He gazed at the painting in silent rapture.
  • Listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture - Charles Dickens.

Advanced Usage

• "To be in/go into raptures (over/about something)": To express or experience extreme delight or enthusiasm.
  • She went into raptures over the stunning view from the mountain top.
• "Rapture of the deep": A technical term for nitrogen narcosis, a state of confusion or euphoria experienced by deep-sea divers.

Variants and Related Words

• Rapturous (adj): Characterized by, feeling, or expressing rapture.
  • The performance received a rapturous applause from the audience.
• Rapt (adj): Completely fascinated or absorbed by what one is seeing or hearing.
  • The children listened to the story with rapt attention.

Synonyms

• Ecstasy: An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.
• Bliss: Perfect happiness; great joy.
• Euphoria: A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
• Exaltation: A feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation.

Idioms and Phrases

• "To be transported with rapture": To be overcome with intense joy.
  • She was transported with rapture upon hearing the good news.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a state of elated bliss
2. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
   • listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture- Charles Dickens

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ecstasy
• transport
• exaltation
• raptus