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What is the word for a rapt state induced by a yearning for the unattainable?

English Language & Usage Asked by Graeme Corlett on June 6, 2021

I cannot remember the English word for a known meaning. The meaning of the forgotten word from the dictionary is a “a rapt state induced by a yearning for the unattainable”.

6 Answers

It sounds to me like part of the English explanation of the German word Sehnsucht.

Answered by tunny on June 6, 2021

Not a lot to go on. My guess is Nirvana.

Answered by Oldcat on June 6, 2021

The term Saudade may fit your description:

  • (European Portuguese: [sɐwˈðaðɨ], Brazilian Portuguese: is a Portuguese or Galician word that has no direct translation in English. It describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing may never return. A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing, moved away, separated, or died.

Also : pining may fit the description: ( from TFD)

  • a feeling of deep longing

To pine:

  • To feel a lingering, often nostalgic desire.

Answered by user66974 on June 6, 2021

Ecstasy. Medieval saints, including Teresa of Avila and Gregory Palamas, achieved this altered state of consciousness after intense fasting and praying.

From Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2014.:

ecstasy (noun), plural ecstasies.

  1. rapturous delight.

  2. an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling.

  3. the frenzy of poetic inspiration.

  4. mental transport or rapture from the contemplation of divine things.

Answered by Theresa on June 6, 2021

A close kin is awe, from dictionary.reference.com

an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures.

Answered by Tdb on June 6, 2021

Tantalizing Desire is the word used for yearning to possess something which is unobtainable. So you were totally tantalized by something.

Answered by Arjun on June 6, 2021

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