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effusive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of effusive

showing feeling freely

often effusive no matter what the occasion, they are even more so at weddings and funerals

Synonyms of effusive

demonstrative, emotional, touchy-feely, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained

Words Related to effusive

dramatic, histrionic, hyperemotional, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric)

gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, sentimental

communicative, expansive

extroverted (also extraverted), outgoing

affectionate, feeling, intense, loving, passionate, sensitive, soulful, warm

blunt, candid, frank, outspoken, plain

Near Antonyms of effusive

quiet, reticent, silent, taciturn

bashful, modest, retiring, shy

introverted, self-directed

aloof, detached, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, indifferent, phlegmatic, stolid, unconcerned, unfeeling

chilly, cold, frigid, glacial, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hard-hearted, icy, unfriendly

Antonyms of effusive

inhibited, reserved, restrained, undemonstrative, unemotional

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