rapture

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'rapture', 'Rapture': /ˈræptʃə/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈræptʃɚ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(rapchər)



rapture
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Sense: Delight
Synonyms:
happiness Collocations, pleasure Collocations, joy Collocations, satisfaction Collocations, enjoyment Collocations, felicity, exhilaration, contentment, gladness, gratification, enchantment, bewitchment, elation, euphoria, ecstasy, transport Collocations, rhapsody, jubilation, buoyancy Collocations, seventh heaven, cloud nine, delight Collocations, passion Collocations
Antonyms:
sadness Collocations, affliction, despair Collocations, worry Collocations, concern Collocations, misery Collocations, sadness Collocations, dejection, unhappiness, disgust, anguish Collocations, woe Collocations, torment, anguish Collocations, distress Collocations
Sense: An ecstatic state
Synonyms:
ecstasy, bliss Collocations, transport Collocations, beatitude, exaltation, enchantment, passion Collocations, glory, paradise Collocations, inspiration Collocations, enthusiasm Collocations, divine communion, mystical trance, at-oneness, see also sense 1, nirvana
Antonyms:
sorrow Collocations, grief Collocations, mourning Collocations, agony, melancholy, discomfort Collocations, soreness, sickness Collocations, pain Collocations, torture, the blues (slang)


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