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
After earning rapturous reviews, a worldwide gross of nearly $370 million, and a thumbs up from Tom Cruise, Ryan Coogler's horror blockbuster was nominated for seven Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture - Drama.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
Lil Uzi Vert takes a bow and receives their flowers while a rapturous audience, which includes Dara, Andre Walker, Lynn Yaeger, and Steff Yotka, cheer the designer on.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
Can these fleeting moments that Lily seizes on, these rapturous, silent asides—can they be translated into art, into something that lasts?
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
His second album, Baby—a meditation on heredity, shredded and reconstituted in a $10 DJ program—was released to rapturous acclaim in August.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025
It’s been revived semiregularly over the years, but never to such rapturous response as this production, which opened off-Broadway in 2022 before moving to Broadway in 2023.
—Gemma Wilson, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
Mikhoels and writer Itsik Fefer toured the United States, Mexico, Canada and Great Britain, where they were welcomed by rapturous crowds and raised millions of dollars.
—Wendy Z. Goldman, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
Mamdani’s supporters on the left are, obviously, rapturous — and a victory speech quoting Eugene Debs and Jawaharlal Nehru didn’t hurt.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Grande asked the boisterous crowd, who quickly met the pop star's request for an encore with rapturous applause.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapturous
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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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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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“Rapturous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapturous. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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