Usage Note
Verzückung describes an intense state of blissful rapture, often with religious or aesthetic connotations. In Verzückung geraten means to go into raptures. It is more formal and literary than Begeisterung.
Examples
"Die Musik versetzte ihn in einen Zustand der Verzückung."
Natural Translation
The music put him into a state of rapture.
Literal Translation
The music put him into a state of-the rapture.
Related Words
- Abgestumpftheit emotional numbness, blunted sensitivity
- Abneigung aversion, dislike, antipathy
- Anmut grace, gracefulness, charm
- Aufgewühltheit emotional turmoil, being churned up
- Bangigkeit anxiety, apprehension, fearful unease
- Bedrängnis distress, straits, predicament
- Bedrömmeltheit stunned, dazed emotional numbness
- Bedrücktheit oppressive heaviness of spirit, dejected low mood
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