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Effusive

  1. adjective

    uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm

    “a novel told in burbly panting tones”

    Similar: burbling, burbly, gushing

  2. adjective

    extravagantly demonstrative

    “insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship”

    Similar: gushing, gushy

Word family

effusiveness · effusively

Words that mean the same

Talkative

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Word parts

-ive