Word:
Effusive
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Expressing a lot of emotion, or characterized or formed by a non-explosive outpouring of lava.
Sentences:
1) They offered effusive thanks for our help.
2) Often effusive no matter what the occasion, my aunt is ever so more at weddings and funerals.
Origin:
Unknown
First use:
1662
Synonyms:
demonstrative, emotional, uninhibited, unreserved
Antonyms:
inhibited, reserved, restrained, unemotional
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