1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gush.

2. (a.) Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters.

3. (a.) Emitting copiously, as tears or words; weakly and unreservedly demonstrative in matters of affection; sentimental.

abundance abundant adulatory affluent amplitude bathetic beery bland blandishing blarneying buttery cajoling cloud of words cloying complimentary confluent copious copiousness coursing courtierly courtly decurrent defluent diffluent diffuse diffuseness diffusion diffusive diffusiveness effusion effusive effusiveness extravagance extravagant exuberance exuberant fair-spoken fawning fecund fecundity fertility fine-spoken flattering flowing fluency fluent fluxional fluxive formless formlessness fulsome gooey gulfy gush gushy honey-mouthed honey-tongued honeyed insincere insinuating logorrhea macrology maudlin mawkish mazy mealymouthed meandering mushy namby-pamby nostalgic nostomanic obsequious oily oily-tongued outpour overflow overflowing oversentimental oversentimentalized palilogy pleonasm pleonastic pouring prodigal prodigality productive productivity profluent profuse profuseness profusion profusive prolific prolificacy prolificity racing rampancy rankness redundancy redundant reiteration reiterative reiterativeness repetition for effect repetitive repetitiveness romantic running rushing sappy sentimental sentimentalized serpentine slimy slobbering slobbery sloppy sluggish smarmy smooth smooth-spoken smooth-tongued soapy soft soft-soaping sticky streaming superabundance superabundant superfluity superflux surging surgy sycophantic talkativeness tautologous tautology tear-jerking teary teeming teemingness tidal tirade unctuous vortical wheedling