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- 1. excessively friendly or expressive; too effusive.
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1. : marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm. effusive praise. 2. archaic : pouring freely. 3. : characterized or formed by a nonexplosive outpouring of lava. effusive rocks. effusively adverb. effusiveness noun. Did you know? Effusive History Is Overflowing.
expressing welcome, approval, or pleasure in a way that shows very strong feeling: They gave us such an effusive welcome it was quite embarrassing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Excited, interested and enthusiastic. abubble. aflutter. agog. all of a flutter idiom. amped. entranced. evangelical. evangelistically. excited. go ahead.
The word effusive has a surprisingly similar definition in geology; it describes a particular kind of volcanic eruption, one in which lava bubbles up out of the volcano and flows around it. Definitions of effusive. adjective. uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm. synonyms: burbling, burbly, gushing. lively.
Definition. enthusiastically showing pleasure, gratitude, or approval. He was effusive in his praise of the general. Synonyms. demonstrative, enthusiastic, lavish, extravagant, overflowing, gushing, exuberant, expansive, ebullient, free-flowing, unrestrained, talkative, fulsome, profuse, unreserved. in the sense of fulsome. Definition.
Definition. enthusiastically showing pleasure, gratitude, or approval. He was effusive in his praise of the general. Synonyms. demonstrative, enthusiastic, lavish, extravagant, overflowing, gushing, exuberant, expansive, ebullient, free-flowing, unrestrained, talkative, fulsome, profuse, unreserved. in the sense of fulsome. Definition.
Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English. Definition of effusive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
expressing welcome, approval, or pleasure in a way that shows very strong feeling: They gave us such an effusive welcome it was quite embarrassing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Excited, interested and enthusiastic. abubble. aflutter. agog. all of a flutter idiom. amped. entranced. evangelical. evangelistically. excited. go ahead.
