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- heaped disgustingly gushing praise on her boss's very modest singing skills
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- adulatory,
- fulsome,
- gushy,
- hagiographic
- (also hagiographical),
- oily,
- oleaginous,
- soapy,
- unctuous
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- the gushing water from the opened fire hydrant reduced water pressure to a dangerous level
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of gushing (Entry 2 of 2)
- the dam cracked and water gushed from the break
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- he gushed about his favorite basketball player, calling him "the best there ever was"
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“Gushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gushing. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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