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 The Bee’s general assignment reporter, Graham Womack, a Sacramento native, waxed rhapsodic about Marie’s as a lifelong destination. —

Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 12 Feb. 2026 There, Trump and her designers wax rhapsodic over a gown designed to disguise any seams, admire an inaugural dinner menu that begins with caviar in a big golden egg and discuss the furnishings that will be moved in as soon as the Bidens move out. —

Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026 Desai’s list of Venetian boats is modest in comparison, but her epic, rhapsodic intentions are unmistakable. —

New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025 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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The oil painting depicts a towering John the Baptist pouring water on the head of an even larger, almost shimmering Jesus; in the background, God, angels and cherubs look down from heaven in an ecstatic frenzy.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
James and his partner, Katrina Engle, welcomed a son in July 2021, and Potts was ecstatic.

— Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026