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effusive

[ih-fyoo-siv]

adjective

  1. unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve.

    effusive greetings; an effusive person.

  2. pouring out; overflowing.

  3. Geology.extrusive.



effusive

/ ɪˈːɪ /

adjective

  1. extravagantly demonstrative of emotion; gushing

  2. (of rock) formed by the solidification of magma

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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of effusive1

First recorded in 1655–65; effuse + -ive
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Example Sentences

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The president has been especially effusive about the likely emergence of a chief justice from one of Mexico’s long-marginalized Indigenous communities.

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, for one, was effusive about the British negotiations, even though they plainly achieved nothing concrete.

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He was effusive and wide-eyed, looking out into an audience hanging on his every word.

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Ninety minutes later the theater erupts in cheers and an effusive standing ovation for the ecstatic young thespians.

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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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