gushiness

 [guhsh-ee]  

gush·y

   [guhsh-ee]
adjective, gush·i·er, gush·i·est.
given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc.
Origin:
1835–45; gush + -y1

Related forms
gush·i·ly, adverb
gush·i·ness, noun

Synonyms
emotional, enthusiastic, unrestrained, demonstrative, unreserved.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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gushy (ˈɡʌʃɪ)
 
—adj , gushier, gushiest
informal displaying excessive admiration or sentimentality
 
'gushily
 
—adv
 
'gushiness
 
—n

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