Thesaurus / effusive
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Fresh and lively, there’s tension, or energy, on the palate, with effusive blackberry and raspberry fruit.
AT JUST $12, THIS RHÔNE GRENACHE WILL GRAB — AND KEEP — YOUR ATTENTIONDAVE MCINTYREOCTOBER 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTStill, their summary of the literature isn’t all that effusive.
HOW TO AVOID A MID-RACE BATHROOM STOPMMIRHASHEMAUGUST 1, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEMichael, an effusive 8-year-old who often provided his classmates with updates on his morning, was the last to respond.
HELD BACK: INSIDE A LOST SCHOOL YEARBY ANNIE WALDMAN, PROPUBLICA, PHOTOGRAPHY BY CYDNI ELLEDGEJUNE 28, 2021PROPUBLICAThat means suspending your feelings about your ex and, if not being effusive with him — probably too much to ask — then striving for something more than merely civil.
MISS MANNERS: IF HE COULDN’T PAY FOR DINNER, HE SHOULDN’T HAVE OFFEREDJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINMAY 6, 2021WASHINGTON POSTNot that he understood why she was so much more effusive than of old, but if it augured a happier life together, he was glad.
LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCEVARIOUSThere was somethine in Chopin's warm, tender, effusive friendship that may be best characterised by the word "feminine."
FREDERICK CHOPIN AS A MAN AND MUSICIANFREDERICK NIECKSThe house was frequented by all the friends of the host, who were obsequiously effusive in smiles, flattery, and genuflections.
THE FOURTH ESTATE, VOL. 2ARMANDO PALACIO VALDSThe Duke's reply was little more effusive than the note he had sent last.
THE LETTERS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TO MISS J. 1834-1851DUKE OF WELLINGTONI ain't waxin' effusive over this savage, and it's agin my principles ever to shake hands with a coloured man.
CAPTAIN SCRAGGSPETER B. KYNEThe Hurree Babu of his knowledge—oily, effusive, and nervous—was gone; gone too was the brazen drug-vendor of overnight.
KIMRUDYARD KIPLINGWORDS RELATED TO EFFUSIVE
- affable
- animated
- ardent
- avid
- back-slapping
- cheerful
- cheery
- cordial
- deep
- deep-felt
- deepest
- devout
- eager
- earnest
- ebullient
- effusive
- exuberant
- frank
- friendly
- gay
- generous
- genial
- genuine
- glad
- gushing
- heartfelt
- honest
- impassioned
- intense
- jolly
- jovial
- neighborly
- passionate
- profuse
- real
- responsive
- sincere
- true
- unfeigned
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- vivacious
- warm
- warmhearted
- wholehearted
- zealous
- affable
- animated
- ardent
- avid
- back-slapping
- cheerful
- cheery
- cordial
- deep
- deep-felt
- deepest
- devout
- eager
- earnest
- ebullient
- effusive
- exuberant
- frank
- friendly
- gay
- generous
- genial
- genuine
- glad
- gushing
- heartfelt
- honest
- impassioned
- intense
- jolly
- jovial
- neighborly
- passionate
- profuse
- real
- responsive
- sincere
- true
- unfeigned
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- vivacious
- warm
- warmhearted
- wholehearted
- zealous
- abundant
- bountiful
- copious
- effusive
- exaggerated
- excessive
- extravagant
- exuberant
- first-class
- free
- generous
- gorgeous
- grand
- immoderate
- impressive
- improvident
- inordinate
- intemperate
- liberal
- lush
- luxuriant
- luxurious
- munificent
- openhanded
- opulent
- plentiful
- plush
- posh
- prodigal
- profligate
- profusive
- prolific
- riotous
- ritzy
- sumptuous
- swanky
- thriftless
- unreasonable
- unrestrained
- unsparing
- unstinging
- wasteful
- wild
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