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also rhapsodical
as in giddy
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
In late 2022, most of those hours were taken up with Scott’s rhapsodic vision of the Copilot era.
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
On his 57th birthday, Colorado’s rhapsodic football coach was, as usual, flanked by in-house cameras.
—Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
On his 57th birthday, Colorado’s rhapsodic football coach was, as usual, flanked by in-house cameras.
—Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhapsodic
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On 10 nights each season, the Brothers Manning pile into their Monday Night Football sidecar, offering football junkies a bracing dose of hardcore X’s and O’s that’s regularly leavened by an almost giddy irreverence.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Miss Pettigrew can be a bit too giddy for its own good, but Adams matches that flamboyance at every giggly step.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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There are thus many reasons to be ecstatic that Assad, a minority Alawite in a majority-Sunni country, is no more.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Like everyone involved, Adler, who appears in all three episodes of Kings From Queens, would be ecstatic if the doc won Best Music Film.Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 11 Dec. 2024
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While most of the 860-plus comments were congratulatory, many were predictably less enthusiastic.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 12 Dec. 2024
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Nobody has been more enthusiastic than Bella Hadid.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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Currently, the standard of care is managing patients’ withdrawal symptoms with drugs such as methadone and buprenorphine, which are themselves opioids and still retain some euphoric effects and potential for abuse.Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2024
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Over time, users may develop a tolerance, requiring larger amounts of nitrous oxide to achieve the same euphoric effect.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Rhapsodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhapsodic. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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