enraptured
adjective (enraptured); verb (enrapture, enraptures, enraptured, enrapturing)
Everyday
- Filled with great delight and joy, so happy that you forget everything else. tree →
- Completely charmed or fascinated by something beautiful. tree →
In the lessons
A strong feeling word in stories: the Mole is enraptured by the river on his first day; audiences are enraptured by music. It is stronger than «pleased» or «delighted».
Examples
- The children were enraptured by the puppet show. tree →
- The Mole was enraptured by the sparkling river. tree →
- She listened enraptured to the singer. tree →
- The crowd sat enraptured as the fireworks burst. tree →
- He gazed enraptured at the stars. tree →
- Toad was enraptured by the motor car. tree →
- All stood with enraptured faces round Thorwaldsen's grave, and a few picked up the fallen rose-leaves and preserved them. tree →
Note
Related: rapture (great joy), rapturous. Similar: delighted, thrilled, spellbound. Mostly literary.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «enraptured» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «enraptured» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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