effused

verb

past tense of effuse
as in drooled
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effused
  1. drooled
  2. raved
  3. gushed
  4. enthused
  5. rhapsodized
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  • Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026
Definition of drooled
Verb
  • Crowds raved until sunrise and woke up on some of the world's softest sand.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Tight end Days after two coaches raved about him, Kacmarek’s snap count dropped to 20.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of raved
Verb
  • Rodrigo has previously gushed about her love for SATC, particularly the romance between Nixon and David Eigenberg’s characters on the series.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Over the years, Woodward’s daughters have gushed about their mom and her commitment to raising her kids.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of gushed
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  • But Stateside arenas, like their football stadium counterparts, are apparently less than enthused to book the rapper over his pro-Palestine comments.
    — Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
  • But Ortega seems genuinely enthused by the prospect of stretching her limits.
    — Alice Robb, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of enthused
Verb
  • At the National Governors Association meeting in Colorado Springs last July, the investor Mark Cuban rhapsodized about the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize education.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
  • In the New Yorker, the writer Lawrence Weschler rhapsodized about the soft glow in the air here, day and night.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Definition of rhapsodized
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