rhapsodise
Speak with rapture
To rhapsodise is to speak or write with extravagant enthusiasm, often losing oneself in effusive praise or emotion: She rhapsodised about the sunset for ten minutes.
The word suggests speech that borders on the excessive or overwrought—more poetry than prose.
Also spelled rhapsodize.
Praise with enthusiasm
- laudTo voice high esteem
- eulogizePraise someone formally, often deceased
- glorifyPraise to excess
- acclaimEnthusiastic public approval
celebrate · enthuse · gush · effuse · rave · wax lyrical · panegyrize · hymn
Speak with elaborate sentiment
- effusiveUnrestrainedly emotional in expression
- lyricalMusically expressive
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
flowery · expressive · impassioned · oratory · declaim · eloquent · silver-tongued · evocative
Intense emotional intensity
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- zealIntense driving devotion
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- effervescenceBubbling in liquid
exuberance · gusto · abandon · fervency · intensity · spirited · animated · impassioned
Overwhelming ecstatic feeling
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- transportMoving things between places
exaltation · transcendence · enraptured · swooning · enraptured · overcome · intoxicated · spellbound
extol
Praise with enthusiasm
acclaim · celebrate · enthuse · gush · effuse · rave · wax lyrical · panegyrize · hymn · commend
wax poetic
Speak with elaborate sentiment
- effusiveUnrestrainedly emotional in expression
- lyricalMusically expressive
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
florid · flowery · expressive · impassioned · oratory · declaim · eloquent · silver-tongued · evocative · vivid
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- zealIntense driving devotion
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
effervescence · exuberance · gusto · abandon · fervency · intensity · spirited · animated · impassioned · devotion
rapture
Overwhelming ecstatic feeling
transport · exaltation · transcendence · enraptured · swooning · enraptured · overcome · intoxicated · spellbound · exultation
rhapsodiseunderstate
Express with restraint
downplay · damn with faint praise · hold back · hedge · equivocate
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