Another word for rapture
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Noun
A state of elated bliss
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Another word for rapture
Noun
Delight
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- Transport applies to any powerful emotion by which one is carried away
- Bliss implies a state of great happiness and contentment, often suggesting heavenly joy
- Ecstasy implies extreme emotional exaltation, now usually intense delight, that overpowers the senses and lifts one into a trancelike state
- Rapture now generally suggests the mental exaltation experienced when one's entire attention is captured by something that evokes great joy or pleasure
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