RAPTUROUS Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

rapturous

adjective

Definition of rapturous

as in ecstatic

experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion heard the whoops of the rapturous fan whose quest for an autograph had met with success

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Recent Examples of rapturous Sweating, screaming, a whole arena echoing his every word – Brooks was rapturous. — Heather Bushman, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 Back in the Big Easy, that victory ignited cathartic, rapturous celebrations and set the stage for a victory parade as wild and well-attended as any held during Mardi Gras. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 This week’s rapturous After Dark selection also reminded me of something hopeful a dear friend said recently. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026 Or Ada, the focus of Desacroux’s ardor and obsession after a rapturous night five years prior? — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 Five hundred fans broke into rapturous applause. — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 8 June 2026 The brand that started with a single backpack design on the streets of New York has hit the top five best-selling brand list on StockX — where audiences are paying above retail for the gear — and the brand's recent London Fashion Week debut was also received with rapturous applause. — Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 But the award has to go to Matheus Cunha’s long-range dagger — a dramatic late winner curled past Gabriel’s desperate lunge and David Raya’s despairing dive into the bottom corner — to set the away crowd into rapturous applause. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026 At the Tele Town concert, James Burton, whose distinctive playing on his signature paisley Telecaster has fueled the music of everyone from Elvis Presley to Elvis Costello, was brought onto the stage and received rapturous applause. — New Atlas, 24 May 2026

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Third, the powder and paint was relentless to the point of ecstatic madness—exactly as Jouvert is meant to be.

— Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Perhaps the Ebelians practiced some kind of ecstatic spirituality.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of ecstatic

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Central Market, released in 2009, proved that his idiosyncratic melodic sensibility could translate to a more symphonic setting, with the Wordless Music Orchestra giving his giddy, loop-heavy compositions a bustling, bristling density.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026
All this scattershot world-building and world-visiting allows for some colorfully diverting vignettes, in which production designer Alexandra Walker and costume designer Ann Maskrey get to show off their giddy, gaudy wares.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of giddy

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