as in sickening
overly or insincerely flattering
a gushy review of a novel by an author who just happened to be a friend of the critic
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Recent Examples of gushy
Anything to keep those gushy feelings on repeat in your body!
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Carina Hsieh, SELF, 30 Jan. 2024
The movie falters here and there, lapsing into sentimentality—with accompanying gushy music—during a wedding scene, and that in-person confrontation between Monk and Sintara happens only because Jefferson has overcomplicated the story’s plot.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Dec. 2023
Her breezy, gushy style could give the sadness of her lyrics a sneaky potency.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Kennedy has been ballyhooed on Fox News with gushy interviews with Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
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Carina Hsieh, SELF, 30 Jan. 2024
The movie falters here and there, lapsing into sentimentality—with accompanying gushy music—during a wedding scene, and that in-person confrontation between Monk and Sintara happens only because Jefferson has overcomplicated the story’s plot.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Dec. 2023
Her breezy, gushy style could give the sadness of her lyrics a sneaky potency.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Kennedy has been ballyhooed on Fox News with gushy interviews with Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gushy
Adjective
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Respiratory viruses are continuing to spread across the United States, sickening millions of Americans.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Escaping the sickening air pollution triggered by the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles has become a game of which algorithm to trust.—
Paresh Dave,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
23 Nov. 2024
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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
Adjective
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Retinol is a powerhouse ingredient that speeds up cellular renewal, refines the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and, for those with more oily or congested skin, prevents breakouts and blemishes.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Use lightweight gels for oily skin and thicker creams for dry skin.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
22 Jan. 2025
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Likewise, Hollywood stars were adored in hagiographic terms.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Recording a song for the hagiographic Ronald Reagan movie but not his own biopic?—
Chris Stanton,
Vulture,
25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Mandelson is a deeply charming, borderline unctuous character.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The pickled mustard seeds provide little pears of flavor and an edge of acid that cuts through the unctuous dish.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
30 Dec. 2024
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One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.—
David Owen,
The New Yorker,
27 July 2024
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At any moment, the noodles might dissolve, the cheese topping burn, the dish collapse into a soggy, oleaginous mess.—
Isaac Butler,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2023
Adjective
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For her, Lebanon’s endless crises were demonstrative of the real country, too saturated with sectarian divisions to ever hope for freedom from foreign control.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Judon was demonstrative at times in training camp, leaving one practice before returning to confront executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf on the field, missing another workout and expressing his discontent multiple times to the media.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Aug. 2024
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For a more fulsome discussion of these predictions, check out our recent episode of the Remarkable Retail podcast.—
Steve Dennis,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal had a When Harry Met Sally... reunion on Instagram Wednesday in a post that promised an even more fulsome reunion to come.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Gushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gushy. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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