rapture
noun /ˈræptʃə(r)/
/ˈræptʃər/
[uncountable] (formal)Idioms - a feeling of extreme pleasure and happiness synonym delight
- Charles listened with rapture to her singing.
- The children gazed at her in rapture.
- Never before had she known such rapture.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘seizing and carrying off’): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin raptura ‘seizing’, partly influenced by rapt.
Idioms
be in, go into, etc. raptures (about/over somebody/something)
- to feel or express extreme pleasure or enthusiasm for somebody/something
- The critics went into raptures about her performance.
- The last minute goal sent the fans into raptures.