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# rapturous

«rapturous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Full of great joy and excitement: «rapturous applause»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (rapturous; more rapturous, most rapturous)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Full of great joy and excitement: «rapturous applause». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapturous/#m1)

2) Showing extreme delight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapturous/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories and reports of concerts and sports: a rapturous welcome, rapturous cheers. Toad imagines rapturous crowds cheering him. Related to «rapture», very great joy.

### examples

- The band got a rapturous welcome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapturous/#x1)
- The audience burst into rapturous applause. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapturous/#x2)
- Toad dreamed of rapturous crowds cheering his name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapturous/#x3)
- The winning team got a rapturous reception at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapturous/#x4)
- She gave a rapturous cry when she saw the puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapturous/#x5)
- Their rapturous faces said it all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapturous/#x6)

### note

Adverb: rapturously. Related: rapture, enraptured. Similar: ecstatic, overjoyed, delighted.

### Trees and pragmatics

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