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 →

2) Showing extreme delight. tree →

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 →
• The audience burst into rapturous applause. tree →
• Toad dreamed of rapturous crowds cheering his name. tree →
• The winning team got a rapturous reception at home. tree →
• She gave a rapturous cry when she saw the puppy. tree →
• Their rapturous faces said it all. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rapturous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.