Synonyms for rhapsody
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : rap-suh-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp sə di |
Top 10 synonyms for rhapsody Other synonyms for the word rhapsody
- altiloquence
- ardor
- article
- at-oneness
- balderdash
- beatitude
- blessedness
- bliss
- bluster
- bombast
- bombastry
- braggadocio
- buoyancy
- cantata
- chart
- cheer
- cloud nine
- cool
- cotton
- delectation
- delight
- delirium
- dissertation
- dote on
- ebullience
- Elysium
- enchantment
- enjoyment
- enthuse
- enthusiasm
- essay
- exaggeration
- exercise
- exhilaration
- exposition
- felicity
- fervor
- fiction
- fondle
- frenzy
- fustian
- gaiety
- gasconade
- getup
- gladness
- glory
- good spirits
- grandiloquence
- grandiosity
- gratification
- gush
- happiness
- harangue
- heaven
- inspiration
- intoxication
- joy
- joyfulness
- jubilation
- lick chops
- literary work
- magniloquence
- make much of
- manuscript
- melody
- music
- nirvana
- novel
- number
- opus
- oration
- pad
- padded
- paper
- paradise
- passion
- pet
- philippic
- piece
- play
- pleasure
- poetry
- pomposity
- rage
- rant
- rapture
- rave
- ravishment
- rhapsodize
- rhapsody
- rhetoric
- rodomontade
- romance
- satisfaction
- score
- setup
- seventh heaven
- short story
- slobber over
- song
- spell
- spoil
- stanza
- study
- stuff
- stuffed
- symphony
- theme
- thesis
- tirade
- trance
- transport
- tumidity
- tune
- turgidity
- twilight zone
- tympany
- verse
- vociferation
- want
- well-being
- work
- writing
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for rhapsody
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