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When you act with abandon, you give in to the impulse of the moment and behave in a wild, uncontrolled way.
If you are bemused, you are puzzled and confused; hence, you are lost or absorbed in puzzling thought.
The adjective blithe indicates that someone does something casually or in a carefree fashion without much concern for the end result; as a result, they are happy and lighthearted.
Someone in a buoyant mood is in good spirits.
If you are despondent, you are extremely unhappy because you are in an unpleasant situation that you do not think will improve.
Something that is dolorous, such as music or news, causes mental pain and sorrow because it itself is full of grief and sorrow.
Someone who is dour is serious, stubborn, and unfriendly; they can also be gloomy.
Someone who is effusive expresses happiness, pleasure, admiration, praise, etc., in an extremely enthusiastic way.
Ennui is the feeling of being bored, tired, and dissatisfied with life.
A state of euphoria is one of extreme happiness or overwhelming joy.
If you show exuberance, you display great excitement, energy, and enthusiasm.
If you exult, you show great pleasure and excitement, especially about something you have achieved.
If you are experiencing felicity about something, you are very happy about it.
When you are feeling jubilant, you are very happy or highly joyful about something.
If someone is lachrymose, they tend to cry often; if something, such as a song, is lachrymose, it tends to cause tears because it is so sad.
If someone is lugubrious, they are looking very sad or gloomy.
If you are melancholy, you look and feel sad.
Someone who is morose is unhappy, bad-tempered, and unwilling to talk very much.
If you are pensive, you are deeply thoughtful, often in a sad and/or serious way.
A plaintive sound or voice expresses sadness.
If someone watches or listens to something with rapt attention, they are so involved with it that they do not notice anything else.
A reverie is a state of pleasant dreamlike thoughts that makes you forget what you are doing and what is happening around you.
Someone who is saturnine is looking miserable and sad, sometimes in a threatening or unfriendly way.
If you are suffering from tedium, you are bored.
People who are wistful are rather sad because they want something but know that they cannot have it, especially something that they used to have in the past.
Someone who is woebegone is very sad and filled with grief.
Adj.
rapturous
RAP-cher-uhs
Context
When she saw the new car in the driveway, Ginny jumped in rapturous or highly delighted glee. Her generous father’s surprise sent her into a rapturous fit of gratitude and extreme happiness. Ginny’s rapture and great joy lasted for months as she zipped around town in the red, shiny sports car.
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What does it mean when someone is rapturous?
Rap to This When Dre Dog got on stage rapping with his unique blend of high energy and raw lyrics, the crowd broke out in rapture.
Examples
Dozens of rapturous bird-watchers gathered after a snowy owl flew into town Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, with the mega-rare sighting sparking a feathered frenzy on a chilly January day. Some snapped photos while others gazed admiringly as the Arctic owl incongruously walked the third-base line of a North Meadow baseball diamond in Central Park.
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New York Daily News
Los Angeles fans grew even more rapturous on draft day when the Clippers acquired power forward Elton Brand, a reliable 20-point-10-rebound player, in exchange for 18-year-old Tyson Chandler, the second pick.
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Sports Illustrated
At the gateway to the Ionian Sea, Kyllini serves as the rapturous synthesis of sea, sand, and history. . . . Loutra Kyllinis beach will have your young ones whooping with delight.
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The National Herald
[H]er live performance on Tuesday night at Melbourne's Recital Center was another step forward with all those in attendance reveling in the complex arrangements and vocal harmonies that brought the music to life in a joyous, dare I say it rapturous, show.
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The Sydney Morning Herald
When one is rapturous, one has been “snatched, grabbed, or seized” with extremely pleasant feelings.
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Related Words
abandon ·
bemused ·
blithe ·
buoyant ·
effusive ·
euphoria+ ·
exuberance ·
exult ·
felicity ·
jubilant+ ·
rapt ·
reverie ·
despondent ·
dolorous ·
dour ·
ennui ·
lachrymose ·
lugubrious ·
melancholy ·
morose ·
pensive ·
plaintive ·
saturnine ·
tedium ·
wistful ·
woebegone ·
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rapture
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extreme joy
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