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# enraptured

«enraptured» in Mova's school dictionary: **Filled with great delight and joy, so happy that you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (enraptured); verb (enrapture, enraptures, enraptured, enrapturing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Filled with great delight and joy, so happy that you forget everything else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enraptured/#m1)

2) Completely charmed or fascinated by something beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enraptured/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A strong feeling word in stories: the Mole is enraptured by the river on his first day; audiences are enraptured by music. It is stronger than «pleased» or «delighted».

### examples

- The children were enraptured by the puppet show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enraptured/#x1)
- The Mole was enraptured by the sparkling river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enraptured/#x2)
- She listened enraptured to the singer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enraptured/#x3)
- The crowd sat enraptured as the fireworks burst. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enraptured/#x4)
- He gazed enraptured at the stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enraptured/#x5)
- Toad was enraptured by the motor car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enraptured/#x6)
- All stood with enraptured faces round Thorwaldsen's grave, and a few picked up the fallen rose-leaves and preserved them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enraptured/#x7)

### note

Related: rapture (great joy), rapturous. Similar: delighted, thrilled, spellbound. Mostly literary.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enraptured» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enraptured/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.