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EFFUSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does effusive mean?
• EFFUSIVE (adjective)
The adjective EFFUSIVE has 2 senses:
1. uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
2. extravagantly demonstrative
Familiarity information: EFFUSIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
Synonyms:
burbling; burbly; effusive; gushing
Context example:
a novel told in burbly panting tones
Similar:
lively (full of life and energy)
Derivation:
effusiveness (a friendly open trait of a talkative person)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Extravagantly demonstrative
Synonyms:
Context example:
write unrestrained and gushy poetry
Similar:
demonstrative (given to or marked by the open expression of emotion)
Context examples
His manner was not effusive. It seldom was; but he was glad, I think, to see me.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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