ENRAPT Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

enrapt

adjective

in-ˈrapt

as in ecstatic

experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion enrapt concertgoers just sat there in motionless silence as the pianist flawlessly executed the piece

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Recent Examples of enrapt They are too enwrapped in their own stories, too enrapt, to pay attention to her. —

Yiyun Li, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022 In the 1970s, anti-Japanese sentiments faded as Americans became enrapt with health foods. —

Heather Arndt Anderson, Slate Magazine, 18 Sep. 2017

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The oil painting depicts a towering John the Baptist pouring water on the head of an even larger, almost shimmering Jesus; in the background, God, angels and cherubs look down from heaven in an ecstatic frenzy.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
James and his partner, Katrina Engle, welcomed a son in July 2021, and Potts was ecstatic.

— Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026