as in ecstasy
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 to delight
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 rapture
Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The film follows the two leftovers of a Hindu-specific rapture, in which a shady priest (Dhruv Singh) and a professional chef (Shankar) with a complicated relationship to her roots but a deep love for her grandparents try to stage a 13-day grief ceremony in order to get her family back.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2025
Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 22 Nov. 2024
Yet Mendes mostly sees a cheap, useful instrument in Deakins—a shortcut to rapture.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 8 Dec. 2022
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Noun
All of that is reason for rapture in Southern California.
—Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The film follows the two leftovers of a Hindu-specific rapture, in which a shady priest (Dhruv Singh) and a professional chef (Shankar) with a complicated relationship to her roots but a deep love for her grandparents try to stage a 13-day grief ceremony in order to get her family back.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
Dispensationalism has an offensive reputation among many Jews because the End Times prophecy outlines an event in which Jews suffer mass slaughter while Christian believers are spared because God raptured them.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 22 Nov. 2024
Yet Mendes mostly sees a cheap, useful instrument in Deakins—a shortcut to rapture.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 8 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapture
Noun
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Her childlike excitement was contagious, the ecstasy of a performer finding her audience, and the crowd roared.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
29 Apr. 2025
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Horror comes through the body, as does love, as does ecstasy.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Just days ahead of her latest birthday, Burnett delighted fans with a guest appearance in the April 24 episode of Hacks.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The Packers delighted hometown fans by finally using a first-round pick on a receiver for the first time since 2002, selecting Texas wideout Matthew Golden, who covered 40 yards in a scorching 4.29 seconds at the scouting combine.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Emily Ratajkowski claps back at onlooker who told her to 'put on a shirt' during walk The mission, the first for an all-female space crew since 1963, was marketed as a feminist landmark − a chance to see mothers and female storytellers launch toward the heavens.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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There was scarce a cloud in the heavens, yet the sky… appeared as black as if a storm was raging.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The teenage Miller invited Horowitz to speak at Santa Monica High School in the early aughts, entranced by his bromides against multiculturalism.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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The most unremarkable appearances of time—the actor staring at his watch—can be entrancing when catalogued.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The event set the stage for a candid conversation about the real threats facing Black communities today—and why joy and resistance remain central to the path forward.—
Melissa Noel,
Essence,
3 May 2025
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The Vietnam Veterans Parade was a human wave of joy and sadness and grief and release.—
Stan Godlewski,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2025
Verb
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She was transported to a hospital with wounds from the gunfire.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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Images released by Amazon previously provided glimpses inside the company's satellite factory near Seattle, along with views of the shipping containers Amazon uses to transport spacecraft from Washington their launch base in Florida.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Small changes in your behavior and surroundings can set you on course for happiness.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Also, your ability to live, transmitting joy and happiness.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In 1544, Barbarossa, a corsair who had risen to become admiral of the Ottoman navy, raided the island and carried away into slavery almost a thousand inhabitants—practically the island’s entire population.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2025
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More than 100 trucks and excavators and other equipment are working on the highway and more than 1,200 truckloads of debris are being carried away per day, Newsom’s office said.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Rapture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapture. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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