as in emotional
showing feeling freely
often effusive no matter what the occasion, they are even more so at weddings and funerals
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Recent Examples of effusive
Musk’s feed suggests his strategy to this dilemma is effusive flattery.
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Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Not everyone is so effusive about the film.
—Dawn Liu, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
Editor at large Anne Thompson (who first started attending the festival in 1987, missing only a handful of editions in the interim) was more effusive.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
Yet, Democrat Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Secretary of State Jena Griswold were effusive in their praise of the shocking sentence given by Mesa County District Judge Matthew Barrett.
—Mike Davis, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Not everyone is so effusive about the film.
—Dawn Liu, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
Editor at large Anne Thompson (who first started attending the festival in 1987, missing only a handful of editions in the interim) was more effusive.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
Yet, Democrat Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Secretary of State Jena Griswold were effusive in their praise of the shocking sentence given by Mesa County District Judge Matthew Barrett.
—Mike Davis, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effusive
Adjective
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It wasn’t scripted that Robby gets emotional and breaks down at [that] particular point in the speech….—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Just before the game, the franchise honored him with a video tribute, and Dončić became emotional.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Their demeanor may change in unexpected ways, such as becoming more alert to potential dangers, barking more, or maybe even being more affectionate.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Read: OpenAI goes MAGA The dissonance is part of the broader experience of tech—a field that, for the consumer, can feel less affectionate than addling.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The book is confident, thorough, uninhibited, and often weird.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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Dutchman is uninhibited, forceful in its criticisms and condemnations of Black people who refuse to acknowledge the acute pain of racial violence in America.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Why was the usually demonstrative Sai so calm and composed on her exit?—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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By the late ’80s, the work got much larger and more demonstrative, with bolder and surprising colors.—
Dodie Kazanjian,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The carmaker claims that its new 2026 Solterra can now deliver up to 285 miles on a single charge, despite the fact that its 75-kWh battery is only 2 kWh larger than the outgoing version.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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And once the office closes, key efforts to streamline the Pentagon’s tech talent pipeline and counter adversarial drones will be shuttered, one outgoing employee told Politico.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Though the scene is peaceful and loving, there is a lot of rebellion baked in.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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See treasures The combination of gruesome deaths followed by careful and loving burials also suggests their group was victorious in the conflict, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Effusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effusive. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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