effusive
unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
pouring out; overflowing.
Geology. extrusive (def. 3).
Origin of effusive
1Other words from effusive
- ef·fu·sive·ly, adverb
- ef·fu·sive·ness, noun
- non·ef·fu·sive, adjective
- non·ef·fu·sive·ly, adverb
- non·ef·fu·sive·ness, noun
- o·ver·ef·fu·sive, adjective
- o·ver·ef·fu·sive·ly, adverb
- o·ver·ef·fu·sive·ness, noun
- un·ef·fu·sive, adjective
- un·ef·fu·sive·ly, adverb
- un·ef·fu·sive·ness, noun
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How to use effusive in a sentence
It would have been sheerly impossible to expect anything like effusiveness from Priscilla Gower.
Theo | Mrs. Frances Hodgson BurnettShe snubbed effusiveness in a way that yet gave no interesting hint of any wish to keep it herself in reserve.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesFrom his well-known effusiveness, reticence under such circumstances is inconceivable.
Byron | Richard EdgcumbeMarie Louise tried to redeem her blunder by putting on an extra effusiveness for the sake of Mr. and Mrs. Norcross.
The Cup of Fury | Rupert HughesThis greeting, however, was too freezing for his effusiveness.
Prisoner for Blasphemy | G. W. [George William] Foote
British Dictionary definitions for effusive
/ (ɪˈfjuːsɪv) /
extravagantly demonstrative of emotion; gushing
(of rock) formed by the solidification of magma
Derived forms of effusive
- effusively, adverb
- effusiveness, noun
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