rhapsodize

UK: /ˈræpsədaɪz/ US: /ˈræpsəˌdaɪz/ ,(rap′sə dīz′)

Inflections of 'rhapsodize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

rhapsodizes

v 3rd person singular (US & UK)

rhapsodizing

v pres p (US & UK)

rhapsodized

v past (US & UK)

rhapsodized

v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

rhap•so•dize /ˈræpsəˌdaɪz/   v., -dized, -diz•ing. 

1. to talk (about something) with enthusiasm or excitement: [no object]
   rhapsodized about his years in France.
   [used with quotations]
   "Ah, New Zealand, the most wonderful place to live,'' he rhapsodized.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

rhap•so•dize  (rap′sə dīz′), v., -dized, -diz•ing. 
v.i. 

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

v.t. 

3. to recite as a rhapsody.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] rhap′so•dise′. 

• rhapsod(y) + -ize 1600–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

rhapsodize, rhapsodise / ˈræpsəˌdaɪz/ verb

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