gushing
adjective
[ ˈɡʌʃɪŋ ]
• (of speech or writing) effusive or exaggeratedly enthusiastic.
• "gushing praise"
Similar:
effusive,
over-effusive,
enthusiastic,
over-enthusiastic,
unrestrained,
unreserved,
extravagant,
fulsome,
lavish,
gushy,
rhapsodic,
lyrical,
exuberant,
ebullient,
expansive,
over the top,
OTT,
hyped up,
laid on with a trowel,
gush
verb
• (of a liquid) flow out of something in a rapid and plentiful stream.
• "water gushed out of the washing machine"
Similar:
surge,
burst,
spout,
spurt,
jet,
stream,
rush,
pour,
spill,
well out,
cascade,
flood,
flow,
run,
issue,
emanate,
sloosh,
disembogue,
• speak or write effusively or with exaggerated enthusiasm.
• "everyone came up to me and gushed about how lucky I was"
Similar:
enthuse,
over-enthuse,
be enthusiastic,
be effusive,
effuse,
rave,
rhapsodize,
go into raptures,
wax lyrical,
effervesce,
bubble over,
get carried away,
make too much of,
overstate the case,
praise to the skies,
go mad,
go crazy,
go wild,
get all worked up,
go over the top,
big something up,
ballyhoo,
cry something up,
Origin:
late Middle English: probably imitative.
