effuse

as in to drool
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator

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Recent Examples of effuse Afterwards, Nick Cushing, then the NYCFC head coach, effused his creative midfielder. Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 The enigmatic trophy wife at the center, Michaela, is played not by Nicole Kidman—as is, at this point, stylistic tradition—but by Julianne Moore, effusing lavender mist and toxic insecurity. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 May 2025 This foaming formula, which effuses notes of warm vanilla and decadent almond, gently cleans the skin with a cocktail of nourishing oils, including castor, grapeseed, avocado, coconut, and sunflower seed for a healthy dose of antioxidants, vitamins, and fatty acids. Lauren Dana Ellman, Allure, 30 Nov. 2024 As if the sun had decided freckles were simply too mundane for someone like him, his skin seemed to be effused with golden flecks. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024 Even though executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias doesn’t want to effuse any notes of panic, the Orioles fit the mold of an aggressive deadline buyer. Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024 Noxious volcanic gases may also be a problem—in particular, sulfur dioxide, which effuses from shallow magma. Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024 Here are the meadows effusing and fermenting—spontaneously erupting. John Kinsella, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effuse
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  • Thank you to this show for giving us so many things to drool over every season.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Symptoms may begin within minutes, which include heavy drooling—especially in cats—and redness on the skin and in or around the mouth.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
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  • National outlets raved about his production and fans implored the Royals to bring him up.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Shorter shoppers rave about them, too.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • While other massive stars in the region may not yet be gushing quite so violently, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile found another dense stellar core that could be in an earlier stage of construction, according to the researchers.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • With a few locations across the city, OZO cafés are the type of place where baristas regularly gush about how much their rotating single-origin espresso tastes of strawberries or papaya.
    Alex Mayyasi, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • But others on the left and right of the political spectrum were less enthused about the new Prime Minister.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Del Mar track announcer Larry Collmus enthused as Brant, a gray son of Gun Runner, flashed away from Civil Liberty and Balboa in their July 26 race.
    Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Effuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effuse. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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