rapturous

  • 11rapturous — rap|tur|ous [ ræptʃərəs ] adjective showing great happiness: rapturous applause ╾ rap|tur|ous|ly adverb …

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  • 12rapturous — adjective Nelson Mandela received a rapturous welcome in London Syn: ecstatic, joyful, elated, euphoric, enraptured, on cloud nine, in seventh heaven, transported, enchanted, blissful, happy; enthusiastic, delighted, thrilled, overjoyed, rapt;… …

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  • 13rapturous — UK [ˈræptʃərəs] / US adjective showing great happiness or excitement rapturous applause Derived word: rapturously adverb …

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  • 14rapturous — rap•tur•ous [[t]ˈræp tʃər əs[/t]] adj. 1) feeling or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight 2) characterized by or expressive of such rapture: rapturous praise[/ex] • Etymology: 1670–80 rap′tur•ous•ly, adv. rap′tur•ous•ness, n …

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  • 15rapturous — /ˈræptʃərəs/ (say rapchuhruhs) adjective 1. full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight. 2. characterised by, attended with, or expressive of, such rapture: rapturous surprise. –rapturously, adverb –rapturousness, noun …

  • 16rapturous — adjective see rapture I …

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  • 17rapturous — Synonyms and related words: bursting with happiness, carried away, delighted, ecstatic, elate, elated, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, entranced, euphoric, exalted, exultant, flushed, freaked out, high, imparadised, in ecstasies, in heaven, in …

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  • 18rapturous — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ecstatic, enchanted, delighted; see happy 1 …

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  • 19rapturous — rap·tur·ous || ræptʃərÉ™s adj. joyful, ecstatic, blissful …

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  • 20rapturous — adjective feeling or showing great pleasure or enthusiasm. Derivatives rapturously adverb rapturousness noun …

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