rhapsodic

adjective

rhap·​sod·​ic rap-ˈsä-dik 

variants or less commonly rhapsodical

rap-ˈsä-di-kəl 

1

: extravagantly emotional : rapturous

2

: resembling or characteristic of a rhapsody

rhapsodically

rap-ˈsä-di-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Synonyms of rhapsodic

• ecstatic
• giddy

Examples of rhapsodic in a Sentence

the jingle used in the commercial is a humorously rhapsodic celebration of fast food

Recent Examples on the Web

The Nicene Creed still had a rhapsodic, mesmerizing quality; the Lord’s Prayer would have been intelligible to anyone familiar with the English or Latin versions. —Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026

It has been described as expressing a desire for peace and homecoming, but is more truly the soundtrack to a home-going — one of the most rhapsodic descriptions of heaven’s terrain in the history of American pop. —New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

Why Bruno Mars is a musical unicorn To wax rhapsodic about Mars as an executor of charm is commonplace. —Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026

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

Word History

First Known Use

1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for rhapsodic

• anodic
• helladic
• melodic
• prosodic
• spasmodic
• antispasmodic
• aperiodic
• episodic
• periodic
• modoc
• sodic
• photoperiodic