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gushy — adj. 1. extravagantly demonstrative; gushing[2]; as, to write unrestrained and gushy poetry. Syn: effusive, emotional, gushing(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gushing — gushy; adjective Syn: effusive, overenthusiastic, extravagant, fulsome, lavish; informal over the top Ant: restrained … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
gushy — gushing … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
gushing — adjective 1. flowing profusely a gushing hydrant pouring flood waters • Syn: ↑pouring • Similar to: ↑running 2. uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm a novel told in burbly panting tones … Useful english dictionary
gushing — Synonyms and related words: abundance, abundant, adulatory, affluent, amplitude, bathetic, beery, bland, blandishing, blarneying, buttery, cajoling, cloud of words, cloying, complimentary, confluent, copious, copiousness, coursing, courtierly,… … Moby Thesaurus
gushing — adj 1. running, streaming, emanating, flooding or pouring out, spouting, spurting, spilling, overflowing; emitting, discharging. 2. enthusiastic, demonstrative, ebullient, effusive, gushy; unreserved, unrestrained, expansive, lavish, generous;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
effusive — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unrestrained, unreserved, demonstrative, overdemonstrative, gushing, gushy, expansive, communicative, talkative, voluble, profuse, fulsome, rhapsodic, slobbering; see also emotional , verbose . II (Roget s 3… … English dictionary for students
effusive — ef*fu sive, a. 1. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. [archaic] Washed with the effusive wave. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) formed by an outpouring of molten lava, or pertaining to rocks so formed. [PJC] 3. overly demonstrative; expressing… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Effusive rocks — effusive ef*fu sive, a. 1. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. [archaic] Washed with the effusive wave. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) formed by an outpouring of molten lava, or pertaining to rocks so formed. [PJC] 3. overly demonstrative;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Effusively — effusive ef*fu sive, a. 1. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. [archaic] Washed with the effusive wave. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) formed by an outpouring of molten lava, or pertaining to rocks so formed. [PJC] 3. overly demonstrative;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
