gushing 1 of 2

gushing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of gush

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gushing
Adjective
  • Also sickening is Aja, transforming from cocoon to butterfly — unfortunately, Jasmine Masters will see her in court.
    Chris Feil, Vulture, 4 July 2025
  • The portal that allows the players to go from school to school is also sickening.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Champagne Bar is a more casual outpost, although still quite lavish (it’s called the Champagne Bar, after all).
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 July 2025
  • However, that style, former college coach and NBA coach Lon Kruger said, is harder to employ in the pros, where players are grown men with lavish salaries and stars often possess more power than the coach.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Imagine pouring syrup over a rock cake – all the lumps, all the bumps, will determine where the syrup goes and how fast.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In those first heady six months of his tenure, his unbridled ambition had the affection pouring from the terraces to the dugout.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • That unspoken contract between gore-hungry viewers and the film is mostly forged by Christien Tinsley, the makeup effects artist whose gushy prosthetics are shown off at every turn.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The chatter has only grown in recent days, after Ms. Anderson — who just celebrated a birthday — posted a story on her Instagram account, showing a lavish bouquet of flowers and a gushy card from an admirer.
    Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The line of questioning, which looped in the purchase of flights, drugs and copious amounts of baby oil, was aimed at showing that Combs' behavior amounted to criminal conspiracy.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2025
  • Large language models also train on copious materials in the public domain—but much of what is most useful to these models, particularly as users seek real-time information from chatbots, is news that exists behind a paywall.
    Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • The narratively profuse mystery game Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is like living in a Bikini Kill song followed by a Phoebe Bridgers ballad.
    Harold Goldberg, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Dodgers officials, however, have been profuse in their praise of Betts since the start of the season.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Adjective
  • When Rudd, 55, appeared on Fallon's late night show to promote his new A24 movie Death of a Unicorn on Thursday, March 27, Fallon, 50, noted that Rudd has performed in just about every genre of film, television and theater one could imagine — except for the soapiest of soap operas.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Missouri’s Felony Murder Statute is overly broad, often misused, and excessive.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • Watch for excessive panting, lagging behind, or stumbling.
    Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 1 July 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Gushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gushing. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on gushing

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!