raptures
States of bliss
Raptures is the plural of rapture—intense feelings of joy, delight, or ecstasy.
Someone in raptures over a new romance or a piece of music is experiencing overwhelming pleasure.
The word often appears with verbs of transport: sent into raptures, thrown into raptures.
The usage suggests being carried away by emotion.
Overwhelming intense delight
- transportMoving things between places
- enthralmentComplete absorption of attention
- entrancementState of being spellbound
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
delirium · fervor · frenzy · swoon · overwhelm · trance · passion · inebriation
Surpassing usual limits
- beatitudeSupreme spiritual happiness
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
sublime · ineffable · beatific · divine · mystical · sacred · heavenly · holy
Held as if enchanted
- mesmerizedHeld in rapt attention
- entrancedFilled with wonder
- bewitchedUnder magical influence
- captivatedWholly absorbed by something
fascinated · enchanted · charmed · hypnotized · engrossed · absorbed · immersed · riveted
Intense positive emotion
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- happinessJoyful emotional state
- pleasureHappy, satisfied feeling
- gladnessState of being pleased
jubilation · exuberance · glee · cheerfulness · merriment · elation · buoyancy · lightheartedness
ecstasy
Overwhelming intense delight
- transportMoving things between places
- enthralmentComplete absorption of attention
- entrancementState of being spellbound
intoxication · delirium · fervor · frenzy · swoon · overwhelm · trance · passion · inebriation · abandon
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- beatitudeSupreme spiritual happiness
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
revelation · sublime · ineffable · beatific · divine · mystical · sacred · heavenly · holy · ethereal
spellbound
Held as if enchanted
- mesmerizedHeld in rapt attention
- entrancedFilled with wonder
- bewitchedUnder magical influence
captivated · fascinated · enchanted · charmed · hypnotized · engrossed · absorbed · immersed · riveted · transfixed
joy
Intense positive emotion
gladness · jubilation · exuberance · glee · cheerfulness · merriment · elation · buoyancy · lightheartedness · radiance
rapturesagonies
Intense prolonged sufferings
miseries · torments · despairs · sufferings · anguishes
raptureshells
Plural underworlds of suffering
damnations · infernos · abysses · perditions · perdition
rapturesdespairs
Abandons all expectation
dejections · depressions · apathies · numbnesses · emptiness