rhapsodizing
Speaking with rapture
Rhapsodizing is speaking or writing with extravagant enthusiasm, often to excess.
The word suggests gushing praise that may test listeners' patience: He spent the whole dinner rhapsodizing about his new motorcycle.
Someone rhapsodizes about a sunset, a meal, a lover—anything that inspires effusive admiration.
The tone often implies the speaker has gone on too long.
Flowing out forcefully
- enthusingExpressing keen interest
- ravingSpeaking wildly, incoherently
- swooningLosing consciousness briefly
- exultingRejoicing with great joy
rapturous · effusing · fawning · waxing · emoting · exclaiming · praising · extolling
Of or like verse
- waxing lyricalSpeaking with elaborate enthusiasm
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
ornate · flowery · purple prose · overwrought · verbose · impassioned · passionate · ardent
Overwhelming ecstatic feeling
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- elationIntense triumphant joy
ecstasy · exhilaration · intoxication · transported · enraptured · enchanted · spellbound · entranced
Creating spontaneously without plan
- riffingImprovising musical phrases
- cadenzaExtended solo passage
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- fantasiaFree-form musical composition
variation · embellishment · ornamentation · virtuosic · extemporizing · melodic · free-form · compositional
gushing
Flowing out forcefully
- enthusingExpressing keen interest
- ravingSpeaking wildly, incoherently
- swooningLosing consciousness briefly
exulting · rapturous · effusing · fawning · waxing · emoting · exclaiming · praising · extolling · lauding
poetic
Of or like verse
- waxing lyricalSpeaking with elaborate enthusiasm
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
florid · ornate · flowery · purple prose · overwrought · verbose · impassioned · passionate · ardent · fervent
rapture
Overwhelming ecstatic feeling
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
elation · ecstasy · exhilaration · intoxication · transported · enraptured · enchanted · spellbound · entranced · captivated
improvising
Creating spontaneously without plan
fantasia · variation · embellishment · ornamentation · virtuosic · extemporizing · melodic · free-form · compositional · Liszt
rhapsodizingunderstating
Representing as less significant
downplaying · restraining · muting · tempering · holding back
rhapsodizingcriticizing
Voicing negative assessment
disparaging · condemning · excoriating · denouncing · lambasting
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