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ef·fu·sive
 effusive
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- pronunciation:
- ih
fyu
sihv
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
expressing emotions at undue length or intensity.
I'm tired of his effusive and tiresome apologies.My father is quite reserved, but my mother tends to be effusive.- synonyms:
- gushing
- antonyms:
- reserved, restrained
- similar words:
- ardent, copious, enthusiastic, extravagant, fervent, profuse, unreserved, unrestrained
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| definition 2: |
flowing out or over.
- synonyms:
- gushing, overflowing
- similar words:
- streaming
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| related words: |
chatty, fluent, lyrical, talkative, verbose, wordy |
| derivations: |
effusively (adv.), effusiveness (n.) |
The word effusive
contains the following parts:
ef-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix ef-
is an assimilated form of the prefix ex-, used before roots beginning with f, such as "fac" and "fus." See ex-.
Example words:
fus, found2
Latin
root
that means pour, melt
Example words:
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, activate, active, actively, activist, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, exclusive, expensive, fugitive, imperative, infinitive, interactive, native, objective, productive, protective, relative
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