as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
the enraptured look on the fans' faces during the band's concerts
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as in excited
to fill with great joy
enraptured upon learning that he would be attending college on a full sports scholarship
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as in delighted
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
this classic ballet of the Christmas season never fails to enrapture audiences young and old
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Recent Examples of enraptured
Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
Jay looks around at the enraptured faces in the crowd.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
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—Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
McDonald’s other daughter was less enraptured—at least, at first.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
Valentin at first doesn’t care but quickly becomes enraptured by the melodramatic story of a magazine fashion editor (Lopez), her assistant (Tonatiuh), a photographer love interest (Luna) and the mysterious Spider Woman (also Lopez).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Koestler suggests that a stroke of good fortune, or a vision of the sublime, may evoke a sense of powerlessness — of being rapt, overwhelmed, enraptured, entranced — which overlaps with the helplessness of loss and defeat, and which evokes a similar surrender.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
For a generation enraptured by Sofia Coppola’s 2003 film Lost in Translation, that place is the New York Bar at the Park Hyatt Tokyo, the liminal space where Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson’s characters find connection in their loneliness and sameness as strangers in a strange land.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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In the process, Tarr essayed an arresting tone poem about spiritual isolation that enraptured viewers.
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Daniel Day-Lewis plays Newland Archer, an attorney engaged to ingenue de la saison May Welland (Winona Ryder) but enraptured by outspoken Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer).
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The team security guard who ran down the back hallway, ecstatic.—
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Two and three months ago, Wall Street was captivated by another stellar earnings season, a Federal Reserve resuming rate cuts into a steady economy and constant ecstatic new projections for AI spending.—
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For several years, beer geeks got excited for beers like 3 Floyds’ Dark Lord Imperial Stout, the former Portsmouth Brewery’s Kate the Great, The Bruery’s Black Tuesday and Goose Island’s Bourbon County Brand Original Stout.—
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One thing that particularly excited him was turning back the clock for exteriors on New York’s Lower East Side, where the tight shooting schedule often required the art department to transform locations as quickly as possible.—
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The back-to-back away victories to start 2026, to add to the goalless draw ground out at Ipswich Town in November in the only other league outing missed by Moore this season, understandably left Wrexham manager Parkinson delighted.—
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Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster These two power performers delighted fans with their real-life connection, blending Broadway and movie star appeal into their romance.—
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Parrish, giddy with excitement, led us into the water.—
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There would be no third consecutive title, no hoisting of the championship cup over heads, no giddy laughter or shouts of joy.—
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The caveat is that they are both entranced by a dream rather than the reality of what a partnership needs.—
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Its serpentine curves have entranced drivers for decades, and even lured some to their death.—
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So in my early and mid-20s, I was still exhilarated by just being free and alone in the world, and traveling, which agreed with me.—
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Jen is exhilarated and ready to salsa her tuchis off, postpartum logistics be damned.—
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However, a portion of their fanbase likely isn't all that pleased that the organization seems to be essentially giving up on any hopes of turning things around this season by making these moves.—
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That was a game that, upon reflection, disappointed us with the result but extremely pleased us with the performance.—
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The surviving driver is suspected of being intoxicated at the time of the crash, and charges are pending with the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office, WISN reported.—
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The woman told officers that Moreno had been heavily intoxicated that night and passed out on the floor.—
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“Enraptured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enraptured. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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