rapturous
adjective [before noun] /ˈræp.tʃər.əs/
/-tʃɚ-/ Definition
› showing extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: The play was greeted with rapturous applause. The team received a rapturous welcome.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something rapturously /-li/ adverb Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something
(Definition of rapturous adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) pleased as Punch idiom
- be dancing in the streets idiom
- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
- chirpy adjective
- chuffed adjective
- contented adjective
- delighted adjective
- ecstatic adjective
- happy camper noun
- jaunty adjective
- joyful adjective
- joyous adjective
- jubilant adjective
- proudly adverb
- thrilled adjective
- thrilled to bits idiom
- walk on air idiom
- wrapped adjective (HAPPY)
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