as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
listening to Mozart always left him in a rhapsody that lingered for the remainder of the evening
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Recent Examples of rhapsody
Starting in September, the ensemble will perform three popular movie scores, concerti and several takes on rhapsodies — including Gershwin's famous one and a fusion of of his work with Queen.
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The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2024
Their meeting was almost poetic, a confluence of basketball eras, a rhapsody in sneakers.
—Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
Composed of rhapsody and opinionation, without shape or chronology, Roger Lewis’s biography of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton tries to get at the strangeness of stardom.
—Frances Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 29 Feb. 2024
To watch Chita Rivera in her prime was to experience the rhapsody of theatricality in motion.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
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The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2024
Their meeting was almost poetic, a confluence of basketball eras, a rhapsody in sneakers.
—Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
Composed of rhapsody and opinionation, without shape or chronology, Roger Lewis’s biography of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton tries to get at the strangeness of stardom.
—Frances Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 29 Feb. 2024
To watch Chita Rivera in her prime was to experience the rhapsody of theatricality in motion.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhapsody
Noun
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She is closely associated with and often depicted alongside Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Jan. 2025
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Officers searched the car and found a bag that contained marijuana, crack cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamine, leading to the arrest of a passenger, Stephon Ford, according to Tuesday’s ruling.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Call: If there’s a heaven for goalie goals, Doc Emrick is the one doing all the calls.—
Sean McIndoe,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Herschel, which viewed the heavens in infrared light, launched in May 2009 and ended its mission four years later.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Think of the way Jon M. Chu, Cynthia Erivo, and Ariana Grande honed the message that Wicked was not just a remarkably successful capitalization of Broadway IP but a tribute to radical joy.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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Instead of being detrimental to my mental health, as so many stereotypical wedding events frequently are, our wedding events only added to my joy.—
Lina Hidalgo,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Rhapsody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhapsody. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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