'Rapture' definitions:
Definition of 'rapture'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens [syn: ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus]
noun
A state of elated bliss [syn: ecstasy, rapture]
Definition of 'Rapture'
From: GCIDE
- Rapture \Rap"ture\ (r[a^]p"t[-u]r; 135), n. [L. rapere, raptum, to carry off by force. See Rapid.]
- 1. A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash With headlong rapture. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy. [1913 Webster]
- Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion, and advances praise into rapture. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- You grow correct that once with rapture writ. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Bliss; ecstasy; transport; delight; exultation. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rapture'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'rapture'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- affection,
- affectionateness,
- amativeness,
- amorousness,
- beatification,
- beatitude,
- bewitchment,
- blessedness,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- cloud nine,
- craze,
- delectation,
- delight,
- delirium,
- demonstrativeness,
- dharana,
- dhyana,
- ecstasis,
- ecstasy,
- ecstatics,
- elation,
- enchantment,
- euphoria,
- exaltation,
- exhilaration,
- exuberance,
- felicity,
- fire and fury,
- frenzy,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- gaiety,
- gladness,
- glee,
- goatishness,
- happiness,
- heaven,
- high spirits,
- horniness,
- hypnosis,
- hysteria,
- intoxication,
- joy,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- joyousness,
- lovelornness,
- lovesickness,
- madness,
- orgasm,
- orgy,
- overhappiness,
- overjoyfulness,
- paradise,
- passion,
- pleasure,
- rage,
- ravishment,
- rhapsody,
- romanticism,
- samadhi,
- sentimentality,
- seventh,
- seventh heaven,
- sexiness,
- sunshine,
- susceptibility,
- tearing passion,
- thrill,
- towering rage,
- trance,
- transport,
- unalloyed happiness,
- yoga trance