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rapture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ecstasy |
| Type of | cloud nine, bliss, seventh heaven, walking on air, blissfulness |
| Derivation | rapturous |
rapture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ecstasy, exaltation, raptus, transport |
| Type of | emotional state, spirit |
| Derivation | rapturous |
listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture.
Examples of rapture
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It's a look of rapture that illustrates what has kept him in the music business.
From the denverpost.com
Her chronic melancholy, however, does not overwhelm the rapture of her melodies.
From the time.com
Will it inspire rapture in reviewers or draw destination diners from far afield?
From the denverpost.com
Envision the mescaline rapture of a tropical morning on an infinite golf course.
From the post-gazette.com
The rapture was not much different except that I had nowhere to go that evening.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
We all watched in rapture as raptor residents put on an amazing acrobatic show.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In recent years an odd sort of celestial rapture has spread across the country.
From the time.com
At the curtain calls their faces beamed at the actors with rapture and gratitude.
From the time.com
Angie's roast fillet of cod with celeriac and anchovy sauce drew cries of rapture.
From the independent.co.uk
- Ecstasy: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
- Ecstasy: a state of elated bliss
- Rapture is a 1965 film directed by John Guillermin.
- Rapture is the second album by the American vocalist Anita Baker. It was released in 1986, and became her breakout album, selling over 8 million copies worldwide (5 million in the US alone) and earning her two Grammy Awards.
- Rapture is a doom metal/melodic death metal band formed in 1997 in Helsinki, Finland.
- "Rapture" is the twelfth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica. Aired on January 21, 2007, this episode marks the return of regular broadcasting after the Christmas mid-season hiatus.
- Rapture is a fictional underwater city that is the setting for the games BioShock and BioShock 2. The game's back-story describes the city as envisioned by business tycoon Andrew Ryan in the mid-1940s as a means to create a utopia for mankind's greatest thinkers to prosper in a laissez-faire ...
- Rapture is a novel by David Sosnowski. The overarching story of this book deals with the effects on society when normal people begin sprouting angelic wings. ...
- Rapture is the second album by Bradley Joseph, and his debut album on the Narada label, released in March 1997 (see 1997 in music). This is an instrumental album in which Joseph wrote and conducted all of the scores. ...
