Rapt

Quick meaning: Rapt is an adjective meaning (not comparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted.

Meaning

(not comparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted.

More Meanings

1. (not comparable) Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
2. (comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
3. (comparable) Enthusiastic; ecstatic, elated, happy.
4. (obsolete) To transport or ravish.
5. (obsolete) To carry away by force.
6. (obsolete) An ecstasy; a trance.
7. (obsolete) Rapidity.

Example Sentences

And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt / The whirring chariot.

From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Francis Bacon, to Redgrove.

The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.

“Citizens of Krapopolis! It is I, your King Tyrannis!” “There's something about you today! We're rapt!” [Cheering]

Word Forms

• rapts
• rapting
• rapted

Synonyms for rapt

Depending on context, synonyms include absorbed, bewitched, captivated, enchanted, engaged, engrossed.

Antonyms for rapt

Common opposites include apathetic, uninterested, unconcerned.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include absorbed, engrossed, enraptured, moved, attentive, wrapped.

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