Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense rhapsodizes, present participle rhapsodizing, past tense, past participle rhapsodizedregional note: in BRIT, also use rhapsodise
verb
If you rhapsodize about someone or something, you express great delight or enthusiasm about them.
[formal]
The critics rhapsodized over her performance in 'Autumn Sonata'. [V + over/about]
'Orchards would take the place of the jungle,' he rhapsodized. [VERB with quote]
Synonyms: enthuse, rave [informal], gush, drool More Synonyms of rhapsodize
rhapsodize in British English
or rhapsodise (ˈræpsəˌdaɪz)
verb
1.
to speak or write (something) with extravagant enthusiasm
2. (intransitive)
to recite or write rhapsodies
rhapsodize in American English
(ˈræpsəˌdaɪz)
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈrhapsoˌdized or ˈrhapsoˌdizing
1.
to speak or write in an extravagantly enthusiastic manner
2.
to recite or write rhapsodies
verb transitive
3.
to recite or utter as a rhapsody
Synonyms of 'rhapsodize'
enthuse, rave, gush, drool
More Synonyms of rhapsodize
(verb)
Definition
to speak or write with extravagant enthusiasm
Synonyms
enthuse
She enthused about her holiday.
rave (informal)
She raved about the new foods she ate while she was there.
gush
`Oh, you were just brilliant,' she gushed.
drool
Fashion editors drooled over every item.
wax lyrical
He waxed lyrical about the loyalty of his employees.
go into ecstasies
Additional synonyms
in the sense of drool
Definition
to show excessive enthusiasm for or pleasure in
Fashion editors drooled over every item.
Synonyms
gloat over,
pet,
gush,
make much of,
rave about (informal),
dote on,
slobber over
in the sense of gush
`Oh, you were just brilliant,' she gushed.
Synonyms
enthuse,
rave (informal),
spout,
overstate,
rhapsodize,
effervesce,
effuse,
chatter,
babble,
jabber,
blather
in the sense of rave
Definition
to write or speak (about) with great enthusiasm
She raved about the new foods she ate while she was there.
Synonyms
enthuse,
praise,
gush,
be delighted by,
be mad about (informal),
big up (slang),
rhapsodize (literary),
be wild about (informal),
cry up (old-fashioned)
Nearby words of
rhapsodize
rewarding
reword
rewrite
rhapsodize
rhetoric
rhetorical
rhyme
Synonyms of 'rhapsodize'
rhapsodize
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of wax lyrical
He waxed lyrical about the loyalty of his employees.