rhapsodize
Speak with fervor
To rhapsodize is to speak or write with extravagant enthusiasm, often in an effusive or elevated style: She rhapsodized about the sunset for ten minutes.
The word suggests passionate, somewhat overwrought praise—more emotion than the subject might warrant.
Someone who rhapsodizes loses themselves in admiration, abandoning restraint for rapture.
Flow out forcefully
- effusePour out freely
- raveEnthusiastic praise or nightlong dance
- extolPraise with enthusiasm
- wax lyricalSpeak enthusiastically at length
glow · swoon · exult · exclaim · praise · acclaim · laud · eulogize
Speak with elaborate sentiment
- orateSpeak formally, often pompously
- expoundExplain at length
- declaimSpeak rhetorically, dramatically
- hold forthSpeak at length
sermonize · pontificate · articulate · eloquent · silver-tongued · grandiloquence · rhetoric · oratory
Musically expressive
- odeLaudatory verse form
- verseMetered poetic passage
- paeanLaudatory song or ode
- hymnReligious song of praise
sonnet · ballad · elegy · stanza · meter · rhyme · epic · lyric
Overwhelming ecstatic feeling
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- elationIntense triumphant joy
exhilaration · transport · delight · intoxication · fervor · ardor · passion · sublimity
gush
Flow out forcefully
wax lyrical · glow · swoon · exult · exclaim · praise · acclaim · laud · eulogize · celebrate
wax poetic
Speak with elaborate sentiment
hold forth · sermonize · pontificate · articulate · eloquent · silver-tongued · grandiloquence · rhetoric · oratory · fluency
lyrical
Musically expressive
hymn · sonnet · ballad · elegy · stanza · meter · rhyme · epic · lyric · couplet
rapture
Overwhelming ecstatic feeling
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
elation · exhilaration · transport · delight · intoxication · fervor · ardor · passion · sublimity · beatitude
fantasia
Free-form musical composition
- cadenzaExtended solo passage
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- crescendoGradual increase in loudness
virtuoso · concerto · sonata · capriccio · intermezzo · prelude · aria · nocturne · serenade · opus
rhapsodizeunderstate
Express with restraint
damn with faint praise · downplay · minimize · hedge · equivocate
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