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

• ecstatic
• elated
• elevated
• enrapt
• enraptured
• entranced
• euphoric
• exhilarated
• giddy
• heady
• intoxicated
• rapt
• rapturous

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 rhapsodic regard the Internet Archive inspires is earned—without it, the world would lose its best public resource on internet history. —Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024

Newspapers around the country published rhapsodic descriptions of the lavish wedding and followed the Carbonneaus on their honeymoon tour of Europe, running photographs of Mulrooney wearing furs and jewels in a mansion the couple rented in Nice. —Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024

This was the kind of TV that had critics writing rhapsodic essays about how what the novel was to the 19th century, television was to the 21st. —Constance Grady, Vox, 16 June 2024

In those rhapsodic locales to our north whence so many of us have hailed, summertime is the giddy season that redeems the restive hibernation of winter. —Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1