rapt
adjective/ræpt/
/ræpt/
- so interested in one particular thing that you are not aware of anything else
- a rapt audience
- She listened to the speaker with rapt attention.
- He watched her with a rapt expression.
- Jill stared at them blankly, rapt in thought.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRapt is used with these nouns:- attention
- expression
- face
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘transported by religious feeling’): from Latin raptus ‘seized’, past participle of rapere.Want to learn more?
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