gushy

American  

[guhsh-ee] / ˈgʌʃ i /

adjective

gushier, gushiest

1. given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc.

   Synonyms:

   unreserved, demonstrative, unrestrained, enthusiastic, emotional

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gushy British  

/ ˈɡʌʃɪ /

adjective

1. informal displaying excessive admiration or sentimentality

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Other Word Forms

• gushily
  adverb
• gushiness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of gushy

First recorded in 1835–45; gush + -y ¹

Example Sentences

I am as much robbed by that fellow Gushy as men are on the highway.

From Endymion by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

But there is Gushy; he, I know, would have liked it.

From Endymion by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

And Gushy takes an amiable view of this world of hypocrisy and plunder.

From Endymion by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

I was selling forty thousand a month; I believe more than Gushy ever reached; and so they dissolved parliament.

From Endymion by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

"Gushy is not in society," said Mr. Seymour Hicks in a solemn tone of contemptuous pity.

From Endymion by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield