About The Word Effusive
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Effusive
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What's The Definition Of Effusive?
[adj] extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"
[adj] uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones" Synonyms | Synonyms for Effusive: burbling | burbly | demonstrative | emotional | gushing | gushing(a) | gushy | lively Related Terms | Find terms related to Effusive: abundant | accessible | all jaw | approachable | candid | chatty | cloying | communicative | conversable | conversational | copious | demonstrative | diffuse | diffusive | ebullient | effluent | effused | emotional | expansive | extravagant | extravasated | extroverted | exuberant | fecund | flip | fluent | formless | frank | free | free-speaking | free-spoken | free-tongued | fulsome | gabby | garrulous | gassy | glib | gossipy | gregarious | gushing | gushy | lavish | long-winded | loquacious | multiloquent | multiloquious | newsy | open | outbound | outflowing | outgoing | outpouring | outspoken | outward-bound | overenthusiastic | overflowing | overtalkative | pleonastic | prodigal | productive | profuse | profusive | prolific | prolix | redundant | reiterative | repetitive | rhapsodic | self-revealing | self-revelatory | slobbering | slobbery | sloppy | slushy | smarmy | smooth | sociable | superabundant | talkative | talky | tautologous | teeming | unchecked | unconstrained | unhampered | unrepressed | unreserved | unrestrained | unrestricted | unreticent | unsecretive | unshrinking | unsilent | unsuppressed | verbose | voluble | windy See Also | Effusive In Webster's Dictionary \Ef*fu"sive\, a.
Pouring out; pouring forth freely. ``Washed with the effusive
wave.'' --Pope.
{Effusive rocks} (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from
so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. --
{Ef*fu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ness}, n.
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