carry away
verb
carried away; carrying away; carries away
transitive verb
1
: to arouse to a high and often excessive degree of emotion or enthusiasm
The girl was carried away by her pity.
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill2
: carry off sense 1
Synonyms
- enrapture
- enthrall
- enthral
- entrance
- rap
- rapture
- ravish
- transport
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Example Sentences
the beauty of the music carried him away
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1
carrying away
verb
as in knocking dead
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight) the beauty of the music carried him away Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- knocking dead
- knocking one's socks off
- transporting
- pleasing
- entrancing
- delighting
- fascinating
- enchanting
- ravishing
- satisfying
- rapping
- rapturing
- enrapturing
- enthralling
- charming
- exciting
- gratifying
- captivating
- gladdening
- stirring
- bewitching
- exhilarating
- elating