Synonyms for gushy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : guhsh-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌʃ i

Top 10 synonyms for gushy Other synonyms for the word gushy

Définition of gushy

Origin :
  • 1845, from gush in the metaphoric sense + -y (2). Related: Gushily; gushiness.
  • adj sentimental
Example sentences :
  • I am as much robbed by that fellow Gushy as men are on the highway.
  • Extract from : « Endymion » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • And Gushy takes an amiable view of this world of hypocrisy and plunder.
  • Extract from : « Endymion » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • They have no particular literary merit or truth to nature, and are rather sentimental and "gushy."
  • Extract from : « A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature » by John W. Cousin
  • Bo, you're a little fool—a sentimental, romancing, gushy little fool!
  • Extract from : « The Man of the Forest » by Zane Grey
  • I was selling forty thousand a month; I believe more than Gushy ever reached; and so they dissolved parliament.
  • Extract from : « Endymion » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • "Gushy is not in society," said Mr. Seymour Hicks in a solemn tone of contemptuous pity.
  • Extract from : « Endymion » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • As for Mabel, she was one of them gushy, goo-gooey kind of girls, and she was as struck with the shebang as her dad.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • A gushy, giggly young party Marion is, but she turns out to be quite a help.
  • Extract from : « The House of Torchy » by Sewell Ford
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