enrapt
- adjective
- /ɪnˈræpt/
- Literature
:
rapt
- He was enrapt by the beauty of the sunset, unable to look away.
Examples
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She listened to the orchestra in enrapt silence, completely taken by the music.
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Alex stared at him with the same blank, enrapt expression he always had when he watched television.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children were enrapt as they watched the magician perform his incredible tricks.
Synonyms
228
1.0
Feeling very happy about something good
171
2.3
Feeling very excited and happy
69
4.5
Feeling very happy and excited
20
4.2
Feeling very pleased and attracted by something, as if under a spell
11
7.5
Fully focused and very interested in something
6
7.0
Feeling or showing great joy and excitement
5
6.8
Very much in love with a person, place, or thing
3
6.9
Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away
2
4.4
Feeling very happy and full of energy
1
4.5
Paying all your attention to something because you are very interested
1
5.8
Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away
1
6.7
Feeling very happy and peaceful
Full of great joy and wonder
Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening
You feel charmed and full of wonder
Unable to look away because something is very interesting
Deeply focused on something and not aware of other things
Giving all your attention to something and not noticing other things
Very impressed and unable to speak because something is beautiful or amazing
To make someone feel happy
Feels more lively and cheerful
How Delighted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enrapt comes from the prefix en- meaning 'in' and the root rapt meaning 'seized' or 'carried away', the same root you see in rapture. So to be enrapt is to be 'carried away' by joy or interest, completely absorbed.