rhapsodize

[ rap-suh-dahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, rhap·so·dized, rhap·so·diz·ing.

1. to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
2. to speak or write rhapsodies.

verb (used with object)

, rhap·so·dized, rhap·so·diz·ing.

1. to recite as a rhapsody.

rhapsodize

/ ˈræpsəˌdaɪz /

verb

1. to speak or write (something) with extravagant enthusiasm
2. intr to recite or write rhapsodies

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhapsodize¹

First recorded in 1600–10; rhapsod(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

As a reporter for The Post, I cover space and have spoken with lots of astronauts, all of whom rhapsodized about space and flying in weightlessness.

From Washington Post

During his San Francisco days, author Mark Twain rhapsodized about his oyster intake.

From Popular-Science

In Vanity Fair, when Affleck is “starry-eyed” and “rhapsodizing” about Lopez, it’s not a good look for him.

From Vox

She certainly knows how to court the intelligentsia; they rhapsodize when anyone says, “On the one hand, but on the other hand.”

From The Daily Beast

You can shut yourself up in your room now, and rhapsodize over the dear face, the lovely mouth, the soft voice of your beloved.

From Project Gutenberg

The beauty of Italy is so proper and Church of England that you are looked upon as a dissenter if you do not rhapsodize about it.

From Project Gutenberg

Yes, I know I'm silly, and that you have the twins to rhapsodize about, but girls are so much more picturesque in the clothes!

From Project Gutenberg

She was unable to rhapsodize much over the seven new bungalows and the two garages which Kennicott had made to seem so important.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Middleton began to rhapsodize over the elms and oaks and some rooks in the distance that were really crows.

From Project Gutenberg

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