enraptured
- adjective
- /ɪnˈræptʃərd/
- Literature
:
raptado
- I paused to gaze down at the faces before me: they were awestruck, panicky, disgusted, violent, enraptured.
- enraptured audience
Some people are so enraptured by the love bombing that they want it to be real, so they ignore the red flags or there's denial.
- Some people are so enraptured by the love bombing that they want it to be real, so they ignore the red flags or there's denial.
- They'd be completely, you know, enraptured or or in discomfort at what's going on inside them.
Examples
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I'm quite enraptured!
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Even still, all were enraptured by the prospect of bringing it to life.
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He handed back the papers and turned his face to his enraptured audience.
Fiction book (1991) -
He is their enraptured spectator everywhere, ready to clap his hands at each new trick.
Fiction book (1995) -
As she listened to the concert, she felt completely enraptured by the beautiful melodies.
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The children were enraptured by the magician's stunning tricks during the show.
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He became enraptured while watching the sunset over the ocean.
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
10
2.1
Feeling very happy and excited about something good
6
3.2
Feeling very excited and happy about 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
6.7
Feeling very happy and peaceful
1
5.8
Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away
1
8.0
Being very excited and happy
Feeling great joy and deep interest
Deeply focused on something and not aware of other things
Unable to look away because something is very interesting
Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening
You feel charmed and full of wonder
To make someone feel happy
Antonyms
How Delighted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enraptured comes from en- 'in' and rapture, which comes from the old verb rapere meaning 'to seize' or 'to carry away'. So, to be enraptured is to be so filled with joy that you are 'carried away' by it.