gushy

[ guhsh-ee ]
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adjective,gush·i·er, gush·i·est.
  1. given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc.

Origin of gushy

1
First recorded in 1835–45; gush + -y1

Other words for gushy

Other words from gushy

  • gush·i·ly, adverb
  • gush·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby gushy

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How to use gushy in a sentence

  • It's true that Berman's view of her subject is adulatory, even gushy.

    Hugh Hefner's Legacy | Richard Porton | July 29, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Keep it short and sweet Save overly long gushy notes for email.

    Sexting Advice for Tiger | Rachel Kramer Bussel | December 12, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • I was selling forty thousand a month; I believe more than gushy ever reached; and so they dissolved parliament.

    Endymion | Benjamin Disraeli
  • "gushy is not in society," said Mr. Seymour Hicks in a solemn tone of contemptuous pity.

    Endymion | Benjamin Disraeli
  • As for Mabel, she was one of them gushy, goo-gooey kind of girls, and she was as struck with the shebang as her dad.

    Cape Cod Stories | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • A gushy, giggly young party Marion is, but she turns out to be quite a help.

    The House of Torchy | Sewell Ford
  • And gushy takes an amiable view of this world of hypocrisy and plunder.

    Endymion | Benjamin Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for gushy

gushy

/ (ˈɡʌʃɪ) /


adjectivegushier or gushiest
  1. informal displaying excessive admiration or sentimentality

Derived forms of gushy

  • gushily, adverb
  • gushiness, noun

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