rhapsodic

adjective

rhap·​sod·​ic rap-ˈsä-dik How to pronounce rhapsodic (audio)
variants or less commonly rhapsodical
rap-ˈsä-di-kəl How to pronounce rhapsodic (audio)
Synonyms of rhapsodic
1
: extravagantly emotional : rapturous
2
: resembling or characteristic of a rhapsody
rhapsodically
rap-ˈsä-di-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce rhapsodic (audio)
adverb

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Examples of rhapsodic in a Sentence

the jingle used in the commercial is a humorously rhapsodic celebration of fast food
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The Daily Show spent almost four minutes waxing rhapsodic over that time Lenny Kravitz’s pants split open and his hog flopped out. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Hanging on his wall as inspiration was a rhapsodic review of My Left Foot, which earned Daniel Day-Lewis his first Oscar for playing a guy with cerebral palsy. — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026 The Nicene Creed still had a rhapsodic, mesmerizing quality; the Lord’s Prayer would have been intelligible to anyone familiar with the English or Latin versions. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 It has been described as expressing a desire for peace and homecoming, but is more truly the soundtrack to a home-going — one of the most rhapsodic descriptions of heaven’s terrain in the history of American pop. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rhapsodic

Word History

First Known Use

1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of rhapsodic was in 1782

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“Rhapsodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rhapsodic. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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