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rapturous

/ˈɹæp.t͡ʃəɹ.əs/

rapturous adjective: full of rapture.

Adjective

rapturous (comparative more rapturous, superlative most rapturous)

  1. Full of rapture.
    • the rapturous applause
    • the rapturous emotions on the pulpit

rapturous meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

rapturous in Bengali

পরমানন্দদায়ক, উল্লাসপূর্ণ

rapturous in Malayalam

joyful, ecstatic, elated
പരമാനന്ദപ്രദമായ, ഹർഷോന്മാദകമായ, കുതൂഹല, പുളകിതം, ആനന്ദകരമായ, ആഹ്ലാദപ്രദമായ

Examples of rapturous in a sentence

  • Both players were given rapturous rounds of applause as they collected their trophies after the second longest major final in history.2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC:
  • ChatGPT agreed, with responses that grew longer and more rapturous as the conversation went on.2025 June 13, Kashmir Hill, “They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

All 11 example sentences with rapturous

Forms of rapturous

comparativemore rapturous
superlativemost rapturous

Origin of rapturous

From rapture + -ous.

Words formed from rapturous

Questions about rapturous

What does rapturous mean?
Rapturous means full of rapture.
What is rapturous in Bengali?
Rapturous in Bengali is পরমানন্দদায়ক, উল্লাসপূর্ণ. See Rapturous meaning in Bengali.
How do you use rapturous in a sentence?
Both players were given rapturous rounds of applause as they collected their trophies after the second longest major final in history.
What part of speech is rapturous?
Rapturous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce rapturous?
Rapturous is pronounced /ˈɹæp.t͡ʃəɹ.əs/.

Words near rapturous in the dictionary

  1. rapturists
  2. rapturize
  3. rapturized
  4. rapturizes
  5. rapturizing
  6. rapturous
  7. rapturously
  8. rapturousness
  9. raptus
  10. raptuses
  11. rapunzel

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rapturous (page history and authors); rapturous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rapturous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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