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Synonyms for gushy

extravagantly demonstrative

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As a midway celebration of one of American independent cinema's most vital careers, "21 Years: Richard Linklater" makes for a disappointingly hollow hagiography: gushy, superficial and strangely overdue--arriving significantly later than its title prescribes.
Like everything: fireworks and all that yummy gushy stuff " - Singer Nicole Scherzinger waxes lyrical.
Accusing the provincial officialdom of negligence, a rather gushy Senate chairman warned the insurgents: "I swear, I won't spare even your children."
Irvin's bullpen catcher, former UO reliever David Wylie, kept with tradition by asking Irvin pregame if he wanted an honest take on what the Ducks needed from him on the mound, or a "gushy" version.
Is there anything stylish yet not overly "gushy" that you would recommend as a small token this Valentine's Day for my girlfriend?
Her writing is gushy and bland at times, but there are some sweet insights into her family life.
The book is full of gushy praise for the president the twice-divorced Trierweiler calls 'my man'.
Not to get gushy, but if you're a writer, or want to be a writer, or just like to hang out around writers and pretend you're a writer, then you'll gobble up Bruce Jay Friedman's literary memoir, Lucky Bruce.
It gets a little problematic when you start getting all gushy over your hew Ford Mustang, unless of course you designed and built the damn thing in the first place.
"The thing to remember is that praise doesn't have to be gushy or overwhelming; sometimes the smallest words can have the biggest effect, especially with children.
Someone may feel that you are being too gushy about one situation or person, but you just have a feeling that things can work out well for you.
"I don't want to be gushy and weird about it, but I am in love," says Kate.
We ended up trading desserts, as my spouse disliked the gushy pudding and whipped cream-based mix with nuts, on a shortbread crust, that makes up Williams' Mud Pie, and it's right up my alley.