rhapsodies

Gushing emotional expressions

Rhapsodies is the plural of rhapsody, an effusively enthusiastic expression of feeling or approval: The critics went into rhapsodies over her performance.

In music, a rhapsody is a free-form composition of irregular structure, often incorporating folk melodies or improvisational elements: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies.

musical

compositions

Created artistic pieces

Rachmaninoff · Brahms · concerto · symphonic · piano · virtuosic · movements · performance · conductor · opus

literary

effusions

Unrestrained emotional expressions

paeans · eulogies · tributes · praises · odes · verse · lyrical · prose · poetic · extolling

emotional

ecstasies

Intense overwhelming happiness

bliss · exaltation · fervor · passion · ardor · euphoria · exuberance · intoxication · delirium · swooning

expression

effusiveness

Unrestrained emotional expression

enthusing · praising · exclaiming · exuberant · impassioned · lyrical · eloquent · florid · hyperbolic · exaggerated

Categories
Opposites
emotional expression intensity

rhapsodiesunderstatements

Deliberately diminished descriptions

monotone · terseness · flat affect · stoicism · reserve

tone and register

rhapsodiescriticisms

Negative evaluations of work

condemnations · denunciations · diatribes · tirades · screeds

musical/compositional form

rhapsodiesdirges

Mournful funeral songs

laments · fugues · marches · requiems · sonatas

Family

rhapsodize, rhapsodic, rhapsodizing, rhapsodized, rhapsodizes, rhapsodically

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Rated G