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effusive
[ih-fyoo-siv]
adjective
unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve.
effusive greetings; an effusive person.
pouring out; overflowing.
Geology.extrusive.
effusive
/ ɪˈːɪ /
adjective
extravagantly demonstrative of emotion; gushing
(of rock) formed by the solidification of magma
Other Word Forms
- effusively adverb
- effusiveness noun
- noneffusive adjective
- noneffusively adverb
- noneffusiveness noun
- overeffusive adjective
- overeffusively adverb
- overeffusiveness noun
- uneffusive adjective
- uneffusively adverb
- uneffusiveness noun
- ˈڳܲԱ noun
- ˈڳܲ adverb
Example Sentences
The president has been especially effusive about the likely emergence of a chief justice from one of Mexico’s long-marginalized Indigenous communities.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, for one, was effusive about the British negotiations, even though they plainly achieved nothing concrete.
He was effusive and wide-eyed, looking out into an audience hanging on his every word.
Ninety minutes later the theater erupts in cheers and an effusive standing ovation for the ecstatic young thespians.
While Ramsey only has effusive praise for their castmates, they also admit they were a bit nervous heading into the season.
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