rapturous

UK: /ˈræptʃərəs/ US: (rap′chər əs)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

rap•tur•ous  (rap′chər əs), adj. 

1. full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
2. characterized by, attended with, or expressive of such rapture:
   rapturous praise.

• rapture + -ous 1670–80

rap′tur•ous•ly, adv. 
rap′tur•ous•ness, n. 

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rapturous / ˈræptʃərəs/ adjective

1. experiencing or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight

ˈrapturously adverb

ˈrapturousness noun

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

rap•ture /ˈræptʃɚ/   n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. 
n. 

1. [uncountable] overwhelming joy or delight;
   ecstasy.
2. [countable] Often, raptures. [plural] an expression of ecstatic delight.
rap•tur•ous, adj. See -rape-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

rap•ture  (rap′chər), n., v. -tured, -tur•ing.— n. 

1. ecstatic joy or delight;
   joyful ecstasy.
2. Often, raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight.
3. the carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence.
4. Theology, Religion the Rapture, the experience, anticipated by some fundamentalist Christians, of meeting Christ midway in the air upon his return to earth.
5. [Archaic.] the act of carrying off.

v.t. 

6. to enrapture.

• rapt + -ure 1590–1600

rap′ture•less, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1. bliss, beatitude; transport, exaltation. See ecstasy. 

Antonyms

• 1. misery.