as in drooling
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm
rhapsodized about the food so as not to hurt their host's feelings
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Recent Examples of rhapsodizing
There’s the Swede promoting the power of ranch dressing, the Italians marveling at fountain drinks with ice and free refills, the English rhapsodizing over chicken parm and just about everyone shouting out the friendliness of the businesses that served them.
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Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
The chat ended with Taylor trying to keep her cool while rhapsodizing about her love for the classic 1990 Julia Roberts/Richard Gere romcom Pretty Woman.
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Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
26 Feb. 2026
There’s a real love-is-dead moment when Yas spots Cordelia, who was just rhapsodizing about the purity of her romance with a younger man, literally on her knees before a stubby, old rich guy.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Jan. 2026
Sitting side by side, the two often returned to rhapsodizing about how their future fight might play out.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
The chat ended with Taylor trying to keep her cool while rhapsodizing about her love for the classic 1990 Julia Roberts/Richard Gere romcom Pretty Woman.
—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
26 Feb. 2026
There’s a real love-is-dead moment when Yas spots Cordelia, who was just rhapsodizing about the purity of her romance with a younger man, literally on her knees before a stubby, old rich guy.
—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Jan. 2026
Sitting side by side, the two often returned to rhapsodizing about how their future fight might play out.
—
Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhapsodizing
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Signs of heat stroke in dogs include heavy panting and drooling, being weak or lethargic, bright red gums and bloodshot eyes.
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This golden lasagna is the perfect way to offer a vegetarian option that meat-eaters will be drooling over.
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And, all of my American friends, the ones who had never asked me anything about my life in Iran, were raving about Persepolis!
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Lagree is everywhere on social media right now, with celebrities and trainers raving about the burn from a machine called the Megaformer.
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The critic reviews of Supergirl didn’t wind up in the same galaxy as the overwhelming majority of the gushing first reaction crowd.
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In his weirdest picture—the late, baroque, campy Allegory of Faith—a bug-eyed female figure is shown clutching her chest, one foot balanced perilously on a globe, while a snake gushing blood from its jaws gyrates in the foreground.
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“Rhapsodizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhapsodizing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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