effusions
Unrestrained verbal outpourings
Effusions are outpourings, whether literal or figurative.
In medicine, an effusion is fluid that has escaped into a body cavity: a pleural effusion, fluid effusion around the knee.
More commonly, effusions are unrestrained expressions of emotion or enthusiasm, often excessive: His effusions of gratitude made everyone uncomfortable.
The word typically carries a note of criticism—effusions suggest someone has poured out more feeling than the occasion warrants.
Copious, spontaneous release
- gushingFlowing out forcefully
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
ardor · fervor · passion · expressions · confessions · declarations · unburdening · catharsis
Excessive use of language
- prolixityTedious lengthiness in speech
- loquaciousnessExcessive inclination to chatter
- garrulityExcessive, tedious talking
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
verbiage · rambling · volubility · logorrhea · windiness · discursiveness · diffuseness · expansiveness
Release of substance outward
- secretionSubstance released by glands
- exudateInflammatory vessel leakage
- seepageSlow fluid escape
- leakageUnintended fluid escape
emission · outflow · oozing · drainage · weeping · suppuration · extravasation · pus
Enthusiastic expressive compositions
- panegyricsElaborate public eulogies
- paeansEnthusiastic tributes in verse
- encomiumsFormal laudatory tributes
- tributesExpressions honoring someone
eulogies · odes · praises · accolades · laudations · homages · plaudits · apostrophes
outpouring
Copious, spontaneous release
- gushingFlowing out forcefully
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
exuberance · ardor · fervor · passion · expressions · confessions · declarations · unburdening · catharsis · sentiments
wordiness
Excessive use of language
- prolixityTedious lengthiness in speech
- loquaciousnessExcessive inclination to chatter
- garrulityExcessive, tedious talking
verbosity · verbiage · rambling · volubility · logorrhea · windiness · discursiveness · diffuseness · expansiveness · talkativeness
discharge
Release of substance outward
leakage · emission · outflow · oozing · drainage · weeping · suppuration · extravasation · pus · serous
rhapsodies
Enthusiastic expressive compositions
- panegyricsElaborate public eulogies
- paeansEnthusiastic tributes in verse
- encomiumsFormal laudatory tributes
tributes · eulogies · odes · praises · accolades · laudations · homages · plaudits · apostrophes · hymns
effusionsrestraint
Control over impulses
composure · reserve · self-control · reticence · stoicism
effusionsterseness
Extreme brevity of expression
brevity · conciseness · laconicism · taciturnity · silence
effusionsretention
Continued holding or possession
containment · absorption · resorption · blockage · obstruction
- pericardial effusionFluid accumulation in heart membrane