Rapt – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

The word of the day is ‘rapt’.

The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.

No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.

It means:
1. Absorbed
2. Fascinated
3. Having been carried away bodily
4. Blissful

1. Hindi – Magan
2. Spanish – Arrebatado
3. French – Ravi
4. Mandarin – Rap

1. As for me, I was too big to run, too rapt to resist the magic and surprise.
2. One man was talking, and the rest were listening with rapt interest.
3. She dropped her hand, and glided toward him, while he watched her, curious and rapt.
4. That night, she lay awake for one rapt hour, and then she slept the sleep of conquerors.
5. We stood in rapt contemplation for a few moments, and then walked away.

Some synonyms of today’s word are:
delighted, ecstatic, enthralled, inattentive, rapturous, spellbound, absent, absent-minded, abstracted, beguiled, bewitched, blissful, busy, captivated, carried away, caught up in, charmed, daydreaming, deep, dreaming, employed, enamoured, engaged, engrossed, enraptured, entranced, gripped, happy, held, hung up, hypnotized, immersed, intent, involved, lost, oblivious, occupied, overwhelmed, preoccupied, ravished, taken, transported, unconscious, wrapped, wrapped up fascinated, riveted, gripped, mesmerized, enchanted, thrilled, rapturous, blissed-out etc.

sorrowful, troubled, unhappy, disenchanted, repulsed, turned off, uninterested, inattentive