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Antonyms for rhapsodic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : rap-sod-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ræpˈsɒd ɪk

Definition of rhapsodic

Origin :
  • 1782, from Greek rhapsodikos "of or for a rhapsodist," from rhapsoidia (see rhapsody). Related: Rhapsodically (c.1600).
  • adj emotional
Example sentences :
  • And Stanley thought, for he was not rhapsodic 'Wonderful pretty country!
  • Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
  • Is there, then, no place for rhapsodic writing in musical criticism?
  • Extract from : « How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. » by Henry Edward Krehbiel
  • Then I heard his lips move in the rhapsodic deglutition of babyland dreams.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Wife » by Arthur Stringer
  • I asked, wondering 258 what could bring such a rhapsodic light into his hazel-specked eye.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer
  • Even a poem as rhapsodic as his "Corn" contains within it a realistic picture of the thriftless Georgia planter.
  • Extract from : « A History of American Literature Since 1870 » by Fred Lewis Pattee
  • It is incoherent, rhapsodic, half picture, half suggestion—materials rather than final structure.
  • Extract from : « A History of American Literature Since 1870 » by Fred Lewis Pattee
  • Describe to me what are the matters included in the rhapsodic art.
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4) » by George Grote
  • Do you affirm that the rhapsodic art, and the strategic art, are one?
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4) » by George Grote
  • “It teaches us a great deal,” said Rhapsodic Pantril vaguely, but impressively, after the Fern dance had been given and applauded.
  • Extract from : « When William Came » by Saki
  • Of the writer she first knew through her "Seven Strings of the Lyre," a rhapsodic sketch.
  • Extract from : « Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) » by Julia Ward Howe

Synonyms for rhapsodic

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