as in emotional
showing feeling freely
often effusive no matter what the occasion, they are even more so at weddings and funerals
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Recent Examples of effusive
Paranoid and living his life in as much privacy as possible, the film's ending is an incredible feat of powerful acting — and a generous reminder that Hackman never lost a step in his effusive career.
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Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
At the risk of sounding effusive, I am slightly obsessed.
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Aly Walansky,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley, for one, has already been effusive in his praise of Brents.
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Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
Dart, 23, reposted a picture of Ayers in a bikini to his Instagram Story and was effusive in his support.
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Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for effusive
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
At the risk of sounding effusive, I am slightly obsessed.
—
Aly Walansky,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley, for one, has already been effusive in his praise of Brents.
—
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
Dart, 23, reposted a picture of Ayers in a bikini to his Instagram Story and was effusive in his support.
—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for effusive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effusive
Adjective
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Contreras, meanwhile, entered Tuesday's game after an emotional stretch.
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Humanitarian workers say the emotional toll is becoming increasingly visible inside temporary shelters.
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
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The couple were affectionate while walking the red carpet together as well as while inside the venue.
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Angela’s bookish young son Jonathan (Danny Pintauro) and her gloriously uninhibited mother Mona (Katherine Helmond) rounded out the household.
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But what was missing was more of a winning spirit, more aggressive, uninhibited and self-assured.
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Christian Pulisic is the most important player, but not the most demonstrative.
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Finns may not be known for demonstrative cheerfulness, nor necessarily for being makers of excessively happy music.
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To counter this, organizations can implement a process for handing down institutional knowledge after employees leave roles, such as creating transition documents and holding knowledge-transfer sessions between outgoing and incoming team members.
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All three occurred in Charlotte since May, only about a year after the city faced questions over a secretive settlement with its outgoing police chief and the fallout from a heavily politicized murder on public transit.
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Jones’s mother, Sarah, had a habit of moving everywhere her sons lived—sometimes loving, often angry.
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Reynolds was a loving mother of two, according to Facebook photos cited by the Charlotte Observer.
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“Effusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effusive. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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