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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
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.
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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
Musicologists have long waxed rhapsodic over the rise of rock ‘n’ roll in the ’50s, the transformative music of the ’60s, the meteoric rise of pop in the ’80s and the expansion of grunge music in the ’90s.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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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
Musicologists have long waxed rhapsodic over the rise of rock ‘n’ roll in the ’50s, the transformative music of the ’60s, the meteoric rise of pop in the ’80s and the expansion of grunge music in the ’90s.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhapsodic
Adjective
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Many of the stories in the book are tragic Icarus narratives, featuring acts of rebellion that succeed in one brief ecstatic burst, and then resoundingly fail.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Hellmann, an Artemis 2 science team lead from NASA Ames Research Center, said the mood was ecstatic.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Titaníque is the kind of giddy, dippy, fan-friendly spectacle that invites you to arrive a glass-and-a-half deep, literally or spiritually.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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An outsider romance peppered with gallows humor and bubbling over with giddy optimism, Harold and Maude is a life-affirming, weirdly wonderful film about a rich kid with a death wish and his love affair with an exuberant 79-year-old woman.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Rhapsodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhapsodic. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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