RAPTUROUSNESS Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

rapturousness

noun

as in seventh heaven

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Noun

Your sixth sense — the one beyond sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell — may be leading you to seventh heaven, the very height of happiness.

— Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019

Definition of seventh heaven

Noun

Klara, whose philosophical raptures treat the Sun as a living deity and who is also capable of parroting any human’s voice or temperament on command, becomes fast friends with the girl.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
While firefighter Ed Glover appeared caught between rapture, and deep sorrow.

— Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of rapture

Noun

In his statement, Dan also blamed Russia for a spate of attacks in recent weeks on civilian maritime transport in the Black Sea, which has left at least three people dead and has raised fears of an escalation in Russia's war against Ukraine.

— STEPHEN McGRATH, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
However, the current results demonstrate selective ion transport rather than a complete industrial extraction process.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of transport

Noun

Though this section feels lighter, the music remains dense, one swarming mass of sound traveling toward ecstasy.

— Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
Tarantino responded to Coley’s question about the new film with an answer that immediately sent the audience at the Chinese into a state of cinephilic ecstasy.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of ecstasy

Noun

Cychlorphine can also cause sedation and euphoria, decreased consciousness and unresponsiveness.

— Diana Anos, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
That distillation created a kind of euphoria—several of the dealers and collectors described it as a life-highlight event—that can only serve to further stoke this community’s passion for Polo.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of euphoria

Noun

Endorphins altered the intensity of his grief, turning it into a twisted kind of exultation.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
The exultation when the United States went up 1-0 in the seventh minute of its tournament-opening, 4-1 victory over Paraguay?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of exultation

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