rapt.

Wholly absorbed in attention, wonder, or delight.

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Words that belong together

• rapt attention
• rapt listener

On the page

The children listened in rapt silence.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.