Antonyms for rhapsody

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : rap-suh-dee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp sə di

Definition of rhapsody

Origin : 1540s, "epic poem," from Middle French rhapsodie, from Latin rhapsodia, from Greek rhapsoidia "verse composition, recitation of epic poetry; a book, a lay, a canto," from rhapsodos "reciter of epic poems," literally "one who stitches or strings songs together," from rhaptein "to stitch, sew, weave" (see wrap (v.)) + oide "song" (see ode). Meaning "exalted enthusiastic feeling or expression" is from 1630s. Meaning "sprightly musical composition" is first recorded 1850s.

As in rant : noun yelling, raving
As in rapture : noun extreme happiness and delight in something
As in transport : noun delight
As in bombast : noun boasting
As in composition : noun written or musical creation
As in ecstasy : noun bliss
As in drool : verb desire, lust after

Example sentences :

Your rhapsody, happy or not, will it not awaken the suspicions of De Chemerant?
Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue

During this rhapsody, her hand had been on the handle of the door.
Extract from : « The Midnight Queen » by May Agnes Fleming

"Lots of girls are stage-struck," he said presently, breaking in on Mr. Martel's rhapsody.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

I had been listening to this rhapsody with the greatest admiration, when just then Bittra came in.
Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan

She can take a Hungarian rhapsody and turn it into a goulash in about 32 bars.
Extract from : « You Should Worry Says John Henry » by George V. Hobart

The rhapsody, although genuine enough, was not satisfying to the wife.
Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan

With the purpose which the author had in view, a spice of rhapsody is no defect.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 » by Various

A friend once told me that he had said of me that I made arithmetic a rhapsody.
Extract from : « Marge Askinforit » by Barry Pain

You may say, perhaps, that this is rhapsody; but what is love without rhapsody?
Extract from : « She and I, Volume 1 » by John Conroy Hutcheson

They had to rouse him from his rhapsody to ask the way at last.
Extract from : « Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker » by Marguerite Bryant

Synonyms for rhapsody

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