RHAPSODY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

rhapsody

noun

ˈrap-sə-dē

as in ecstasy

a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion listening to Mozart always left him in a rhapsody that lingered for the remainder of the evening

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Recent Examples of rhapsody Come for the endless pasta rhapsodies, stay for the reminiscences from the sets of classic movies like Julie & Julia and Big Night. —

Vogue, 25 Jan. 2026 The hotel itself is a rhapsody in clean, modern design that subtly winks to the legion efforts behind it. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2026 Crime Wave begins as nostalgic rhapsody for film noir, for dangers that are a kind of quickening: of the pulse, of the primal feeling of aliveness that only a threat can invoke. —

Miriam Gershow, Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025 How many of you have a relationship with a human?, the latter of which drew most hands — snowballed into a hand-shaking rhapsody that flirted with the Pentecostal. —

Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rhapsody

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Write some of this century’s most devastating songs about the ecstasy of getting together.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Gamelle Patterson, 46, 1500 block of Diplomat Lane, Ford Heights, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Markham June 17, charged with being a felon possessing a weapon, cocaine possession and ecstasy possession, according to sheriff’s police and jail information online.

— Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026