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
On every stop, journalists were amazed by the American public’s rapturous response to Edward.
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Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026
Last week, the New York Times published a rapturous profile of a drug marketing company called Medvi, which the paper declared to be the first one-ish man venture on track to surpass one billion dollars in revenue while leaning almost exclusively on AI to build and scale the business.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026
Choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles have these confident contestants shine with struts, sashays, splits, dips, duckwalks, vogueing and death-drops, each trying to outdo the other, urged on by a rapturous crowd.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
The show also earned a rapturous reception from many doctors and nurses because of its accuracy and sympathetic portrayal of their profession.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Apr. 2026
But all of this rapturous gazing made up a terribly small fraction of the experience of being a parent.
—Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
Rosalía’s album has gotten rapturous reviews.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
The reaction to the Edinburgh show was rapturous, even from those in the art world who had previously dismissed Goldsworthy.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Critics were rapturous in their praise for The Babadook, with special mentions for its layered portrayal of horror and grief, as well as Essie Davis' central performance.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026
Last week, the New York Times published a rapturous profile of a drug marketing company called Medvi, which the paper declared to be the first one-ish man venture on track to surpass one billion dollars in revenue while leaning almost exclusively on AI to build and scale the business.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026
Choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles have these confident contestants shine with struts, sashays, splits, dips, duckwalks, vogueing and death-drops, each trying to outdo the other, urged on by a rapturous crowd.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
The show also earned a rapturous reception from many doctors and nurses because of its accuracy and sympathetic portrayal of their profession.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Apr. 2026
But all of this rapturous gazing made up a terribly small fraction of the experience of being a parent.
—Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
Rosalía’s album has gotten rapturous reviews.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
The reaction to the Edinburgh show was rapturous, even from those in the art world who had previously dismissed Goldsworthy.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Critics were rapturous in their praise for The Babadook, with special mentions for its layered portrayal of horror and grief, as well as Essie Davis' central performance.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapturous
Adjective
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Thousands of people fill the streets that surround it in lit, ecstatic union.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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The group was visibly overwhelmed by the ecstatic response from the crowd.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Titaníque is the kind of giddy, dippy, fan-friendly spectacle that invites you to arrive a glass-and-a-half deep, literally or spiritually.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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An outsider romance peppered with gallows humor and bubbling over with giddy optimism, Harold and Maude is a life-affirming, weirdly wonderful film about a rich kid with a death wish and his love affair with an exuberant 79-year-old woman.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Rapturous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapturous. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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