as in ecstasies
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
in The Nutcracker Clara gazes in rapture as the Christmas tree grows before her very eyes
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as in delights
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography
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Recent Examples of raptures
Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2025
Noun
In between is a stretch of smaller hotels, restaurants, and bars, including French restaurant Jacala, where steak tartare is prepared table-side by host Jacques, and the calamari risotto will have you in raptures.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raptures
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But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.—
Zack Ruskin,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Jan. 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
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Sweet woodruff also delights the senses with fragrant, white spring flowers opening in loose bundles above whorls of glossy green foliage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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Lane was gifted with that kind of face and personality, too, replete with diagonal eyebrows that join his cheekbones in a quizzical demeanor that, throughout his career, has signaled the joys of life.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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What have been some of the joys of getting to know these astronauts who are the farthest anyone’s ever been from Earth?—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Economist Filimone Chirime said the situation could worsen because disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, which transports about 12% of the world’s fuel, would increase fuel prices, transport costs and insurance rates.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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Hungary's domestic oil consumption, Vakulenko said, could be covered by the Adria pipeline, which transports crude from the Adriatic Sea to refineries in Croatia, Serbia, Hungary and Slovakia.—
Aidan Stretch,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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This savory and sweet jam is easy to make and pleases a crowd.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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There’s almost never a solution that pleases everyone.—
Robert Niles,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Raptures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raptures. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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