Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by excessive displays of sentiment or enthusiasm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Displaying or characterized by gush; effusively sentimental: as, a gushy description.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective extravagantly demonstrative; gushing{2}.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Characteristic of a
speech conducted in aneffusive manner, and often pronounced withexceeding emotion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective extravagantly demonstrative
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Examples
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He has produced an evenly written text, not at all "gushy" - there is even a smattering of judicious criticism.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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He has produced an evenly written text, not at all "gushy" - there is even a smattering of judicious criticism.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The Magicians and Mrs Quent by Galen Beckett thats actually the "gushy" short version of Memory's review.
Today in Fantasy: March 20, 2010 Jeff C 2010
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But for the most part, it's just this really, really wet, kind of gushy snow.
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Aaron's essays are often a little 'gushy' for my taste, but I liked this one quite a bit.
Links 2006
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On Mother's Day I received a "gushy" card, which I returned with a note saying how much I would have loved the card - if I had felt it was sincere.
News 2010
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However, even if you believe this one is worthy but too "gushy," it would have to be explained why other articles are entitled to highlight their subjects achievements.
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Don't apologize -- you weren't anywhere near "gushy".
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Don't be "gushy" and kiddish, but just facts and businesslike about everything
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On Mother's Day I received a "gushy" card, which I returned with a note saying how much I would have loved the card - if I had felt it was sincere.
News 2010
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