gushy
Dripping with emotion
Gushy describes excessive or effusive displays of emotion or enthusiasm—often sentimental to the point of being cloying.
A gushy review overflows with praise, perhaps unconvincingly.
A gushy greeting involves more hugging and exclaiming than the occasion warrants.
The word usually carries a mildly critical edge, suggesting the emotion is overdone or insincere.
Excessively sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- mushySoft or saccharine
- soppySoaked or saccharine
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
syrupy · cloying · saccharine · tearful · weepy · nostalgic · tender · heartfelt
Expression of approval
- complimentsExpressions of admiration
- flatteryExcessive insincere praise
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
extravagant · hyperbolic · unrestrained · rhapsodic · lyrical · glib · fulsome · rave
Excessively emotional or elaborate
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- touchy-feelyEmphasizing emotions and contact
- emotiveArousing strong feelings
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
dramatic · expressive · demonstrative · effervescent · teary · heartstring · swooning · giddy
sappy
Excessively sentimental
schmaltzy · syrupy · cloying · saccharine · tearful · weepy · nostalgic · tender · heartfelt · lovesick
praise
Expression of approval
- complimentsExpressions of admiration
- flatteryExcessive insincere praise
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
lavish · extravagant · hyperbolic · unrestrained · rhapsodic · lyrical · glib · fulsome · rave · excessive
overwrought
Excessively emotional or elaborate
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- touchy-feelyEmphasizing emotions and contact
- emotiveArousing strong feelings
passionate · dramatic · expressive · demonstrative · effervescent · teary · heartstring · swooning · giddy · exclamatory
flood
Overwhelming water overflow
surge · brimming · teeming · spurt · ooze · seep · spew · squirt · spurting · oozing
- sentimentalitymawkish, schmaltzy, saccharine, treacly, cloying
- emotionaldramatic, hysterical, weepy, tearful, melodramatic
- lovingloving, adoring, affectionate, amorous, caring
- slang moodsbummed, chill, cranky, edgy, grumpy
gushyrestrained
Held under control
reserved · undemonstrative · taciturn · stoic · unemotional
gushysincere
Genuinely felt, not feigned
genuine · heartfelt · authentic · unaffected · honest
gushyunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
matter-of-fact · dry · laconic · terse · deadpan
gush, gushing, gushed, gusher, gushiness, gushers, gushier, gushiest