1
as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
a rock band that still attracts rapt crowds of aging baby boomers
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2
as in immersed
having the mind fixed on something
with a mixture of delight and awe, the rapt children stared at the chick in the incubator breaking out of its shell
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Recent Examples of rapt
Blakely regaled a rapt audience with hilarious tales from the early days of hustling and working tirelessly to see her dreams come to fruition.
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Dana Feldman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Here are 10 of the songs that held us rapt throughout the year.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Not long into the Canadian screening, they were held rapt by film but quickly realized their contemporaries in the room didn’t feel the same way.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
Seemingly the entire Spanish tennis community, along with a large international audience, watched the match in Malaga, Spain, utterly rapt, sometimes in tears.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Dana Feldman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Here are 10 of the songs that held us rapt throughout the year.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Not long into the Canadian screening, they were held rapt by film but quickly realized their contemporaries in the room didn’t feel the same way.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
Seemingly the entire Spanish tennis community, along with a large international audience, watched the match in Malaga, Spain, utterly rapt, sometimes in tears.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapt
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
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Though the Raiders would likely be ecstatic to land Sanders, there is a strong belief that the Colorado signal caller will not fall below No. 3.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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The walls were giddy with patterned paper and hung with vintage portraits of busty women.—
Julie Lasky,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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As for the Democrats, their marching in defense of a regime change tool that Trump's base is giddy to destroy is extraordinary, but unsurprising.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Although the mercury hovered at only 5°, all of us became so absorbed in the rabbit chase that no one noticed numb toes and cold ears.—
Erwin A. Bauer,
Outdoor Life,
25 Dec. 2024
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Because of this, absorbed sunlight isn’t reradiated in every direction equally but in some directions more than others.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
20 Sep. 2024
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Europe is interested in standing up against this, the U.S. is interested in standing up against this.—
Adam Bearne,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2025
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Developers are still interested in buying the property.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Rapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapt. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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