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Definition of gushing in English: gushingadjective ˈɡʌʃɪŋˈɡəʃɪŋ (of speech or writing) effusive or exaggeratedly enthusiastic. Example sentencesExamples - Then, the article starts off with a gushing flashback story about the wonderful world of hockey cards that existed for kids 50 years ago as remembered by an interviewed subject named Brian Price.
- He has presided over the greatest redistribution of wealth since the 1960s, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, yet is offered gushing praise by the right wing Institute of Directors.
- At about the same time, I will be in another plane, bragging about you to my poor seatmates, who will soon put on their headsets, having had enough of a mother's gushing pride.
- At the risk of sounding like a gushing school girl, it is super exciting to report that one of the most interesting bands currently making pop music, The Clientele, are in the studio recording a new album!
- The trio were doing their best to be helpful, but young blokes are not renowned for their communication skills and this, combined with 14 months' worth of tour fatigue, didn't make for the most gushing of chats.
Synonyms effusive, over-effusive, enthusiastic, over-enthusiastic, unrestrained, unreserved, extravagant, fulsome, lavish, rhapsodic, lyrical, exuberant, ebullient, expansive informal over the top, OTT, hyped up, laid on with a trowel
Derivativesadverb Nobody can predict what will happen to the New York markets when Wall Street re-opens this week, but none of the City analysts who usually produce such gushingly optimistic research notes is optimistic. Example sentencesExamples - Is it just me (I mean, I'm prepared to believe that, honestly, I've had lots of practice at it being ‘just me’) or does everybody find it easier to be gushingly honest with praise etc if the recipient is a relative stranger?
- In my second blog item on the Tsunami, I somewhat gushingly proposed a server script that automatically translates undersea earthquake signals into cell phone calls, paging out warnings.
- Someone might gushingly thank the family dog and their 100 closest friends, not much of a stretch in self-congratulatory Hollywood.
- Your bleeding shouldn't be gushingly heavy, either.
Definition of gushing in US English: gushingadjectiveˈɡəʃɪŋˈɡəSHiNG (of speech or writing) effusive or exaggeratedly enthusiastic. Example sentencesExamples - The trio were doing their best to be helpful, but young blokes are not renowned for their communication skills and this, combined with 14 months' worth of tour fatigue, didn't make for the most gushing of chats.
- Then, the article starts off with a gushing flashback story about the wonderful world of hockey cards that existed for kids 50 years ago as remembered by an interviewed subject named Brian Price.
- He has presided over the greatest redistribution of wealth since the 1960s, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, yet is offered gushing praise by the right wing Institute of Directors.
- At the risk of sounding like a gushing school girl, it is super exciting to report that one of the most interesting bands currently making pop music, The Clientele, are in the studio recording a new album!
- At about the same time, I will be in another plane, bragging about you to my poor seatmates, who will soon put on their headsets, having had enough of a mother's gushing pride.
Synonyms effusive, over-effusive, enthusiastic, over-enthusiastic, unrestrained, unreserved, extravagant, fulsome, lavish, gushy, rhapsodic, lyrical, exuberant, ebullient, expansive |