RHAPSODIC Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

rhapsodic

adjective

rap-ˈsä-dik

variants also rhapsodical

as in ecstatic

experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion the jingle used in the commercial is a humorously rhapsodic celebration of fast food

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Recent Examples of rhapsodic My Lover, the Rabbi unfolds in short chapters, with a rhapsodic, repetitive voice that echoes the work of the 20th-century Austrian madman Thomas Bernhard. —

Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026 The text is rhapsodic, romantic even. —

Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 The actress went on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and waxed rhapsodic about cruising, following a trip to Antarctica. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026 Lately, Coll has found a distinctive voice—a kind of romantic neo-modernism, abrasive and rhapsodic by turns. —

Alex Ross, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rhapsodic

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As the film’s dance sequences played in front of me before ending in an ecstatic, cathartic rave-release, I was reminded again of that hopeful feeling for what the future may hold.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026
Christina Baanders-Decker and her husband, who run Midwest Cyclery in Westport, were ecstatic to learn the Dutch national team would call Kansas City home for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026