effusive.

Expressing enthusiasm, gratitude, or affection with conspicuous abundance.

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Words that belong together

• effusive praise
• effusive welcome

On the page

The effusive welcome made her suspicious.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more effusive; superlative most effusive when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.