'effusive' definitions:
Definition of 'effusive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones" [syn: burbling, burbly, effusive, gushing]
adjective
Extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry" [syn: effusive, gushing(a), gushy]
Definition of 'effusive'
From: GCIDE
- 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 emotion in an unrestrained manner; exhibiting unrestrained enthusiasm; -- of people and human actions; as, effusive thanks; an effusive letter of recommendation. Contrasted with reserved. [WordNet sense 1+2]
- Syn: gushing, gushy, burbling, burbly. [PJC]
- Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks formed by a nonexplosive outpouring of lava in molten or plastic form; in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'effusive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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