We listened with rapture as the orchestra played.
a smile of rapture
He listened to the wind in the trees, his eyes closed in rapture.
This dessert will send people who like chocolate into raptures. [=this dessert will be loved by people who like chocolate]
Critics went into raptures over her performance.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
rap|ture — «RAP chuhr», noun, verb, tured, tur|ing. –noun. 1. a strong feeling that absorbs the mind; very great joy: »The mother gazed with rapture at her newborn baby. 2. Often, raptures. an expression of great joy. 3. Obsolete. a carrying or transporting … Useful english dictionary
en|rap|ture — «ehn RAP chuhr», transitive verb, tured, tur|ing. to move to rapture; fill with great delight; entrance: »The audience was enraptured by the singer s beautiful voice … Useful english dictionary
ture — ab·bre·vi·a·ture; acu·punc·ture; ad·ju·di·ca·ture; ad·mix·ture; ad·ven·ture·some; ad·ven·ture·some·ly; af·fix·ture; ag·ri·cul·ture; al·co·hol·a·ture; an·a·cul·ture; ap·er·ture; api·cul·ture; aq·ua·cul·ture; ar·bo·ri·cul·ture; ar·ca·ture;… … English syllables
rap — ca·rap·i·dae; ca·rap; chi·rap·sia; da·rap·skite; en·rap·ture; hag·i·og·rap·hy; ha·rap·pa; pa·rap·si·da; pa·rap·si·dal; pa·rap·sis; pa·rap·ter·um; RAP; rap; rap·a·nea; rap·ee; rap·er; rap·id·ly; rap·id·ness; rap·ine; rap·ist; rap·pa·ree; rap·pee;… … English syllables
en·rap·ture — … Useful english dictionary
rapture — rap·ture … English syllables
rapture — rap|ture [ˈræptʃə US ər] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: rapt] 1.) literary great excitement and happiness ▪ The boys gazed up at him in rapture. 2.) be in raptures/go into raptures BrE formal to express or feel great pleasure and happiness about … Dictionary of contemporary English
rapture — rap|ture [ ræptʃər ] noun uncount LITERARY a feeling of great happiness or excitement be in rapture/raptures to feel extremely happy or excited into raptures into an extremely happy and excited state: The team s win sent the fans into raptures … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
raptureless — rap·ture·less … English syllables
rapture — rap•ture [[t]ˈræp tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing. n. 1) ecstatic joy or delight 2) Often, raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight 3) the feeling, esp. in religious ecstasy, of being transported to another place or sphere of… … From formal English to slang
