gushing 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of gushingnext
1
as in sickening
overly or insincerely flattering heaped disgustingly gushing praise on her boss's very modest singing skills

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2
as in lavish
pouring forth in great amounts the gushing water from the opened fire hydrant reduced water pressure to a dangerous level

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gushing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of gush
1
as in pouring
to flow out in great quantities or with force the dam cracked and water gushed from the break

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2
as in drooling
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm he gushed about his favorite basketball player, calling him "the best there ever was"

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gushing
  1. sickening
  2. lavish
  3. pouring
  4. gushy
  5. copious
  6. profuse
  7. soapy
  8. excessive
Adjective
  • While the American food supply is among the safest in the world, the Food and Drug Administration estimates that there are about 48 million cases of foodborne illness annually – the equivalent of sickening 1 in 6 Americans each year.
    Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Los Angeles County is suing the owner of Chiquita Canyon Landfill for failing to control a high-temperature chemical reaction that is cooking garbage and sickening nearby residents.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of sickening
Adjective
  • Capital Public Radio has sued its former general manager, accusing him of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the station to fund a lofty lifestyle filled with lavish overseas trips, renovate his home residence, pay his children’s university tuition and more.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Through the 18th and into the 19th centuries, the Classical Revival house style represented a turn to simplicity after the lavish ornamentation of previous periods like French Rococo, and that clean austerity still has appeal today.
    Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of lavish
Verb
  • Global leaders praise Carter Praise for Carter's life and legacy was pouring in from around the world Monday.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Tributes are pouring in for the late Linda Lavin following her death at age 87.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of pouring
Adjective
  • The chatter has only grown in recent days, after Ms. Anderson — who just celebrated a birthday — posted a story on her Instagram account, showing a lavish bouquet of flowers and a gushy card from an admirer.
    Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There’s no better time to embrace the mushy gushy than in the first few moments after winning gold medals together.
    Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
Definition of gushy
Adjective
  • Supermassive black holes are theorized to get so big through a chain of mergers involving smaller black holes and by feasting on copious amounts of gas and dust.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • And aside from the copious course knowledge homework prep work entails, he’s unphased by his first trip to the California desert.
    Mike Dojc, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of copious
Adjective
  • Dodgers officials, however, have been profuse in their praise of Betts since the start of the season.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
  • Snow Cone is unlike others, smothered in small but profuse white blooms.
    Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 27 May 2021
Definition of profuse
Adjective
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The group that seems to have inspired Reid is Fleetwood Mac, which, with its shifting intramural love relationships, sundry drug problems and issues of control — the soapiest of rock’s many operas — was a romance novel/miniseries waiting to happen.
    Robert LloydTelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
Definition of soapy
Adjective
  • But aggressive fire suppression and inattention to urban overgrowth have left excessive, easy-to-ignite vegetation in many areas.
    Justin Angle, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Forgiveness for students who saw excessive loan interest after 10 or 20 years would likely no longer be an option.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of excessive
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