as in sickening
overly or insincerely flattering
a gushy review of a novel by an author who just happened to be a friend of the critic
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Recent Examples of gushy
Anything to keep those gushy feelings on repeat in your body!
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Carina Hsieh, SELF, 30 Jan. 2024
The movie falters here and there, lapsing into sentimentality—with accompanying gushy music—during a wedding scene, and that in-person confrontation between Monk and Sintara happens only because Jefferson has overcomplicated the story’s plot.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Dec. 2023
Her breezy, gushy style could give the sadness of her lyrics a sneaky potency.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Kennedy has been ballyhooed on Fox News with gushy interviews with Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
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Carina Hsieh, SELF, 30 Jan. 2024
The movie falters here and there, lapsing into sentimentality—with accompanying gushy music—during a wedding scene, and that in-person confrontation between Monk and Sintara happens only because Jefferson has overcomplicated the story’s plot.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Dec. 2023
Her breezy, gushy style could give the sadness of her lyrics a sneaky potency.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Kennedy has been ballyhooed on Fox News with gushy interviews with Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gushy
Adjective
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Also sickening is Aja, transforming from cocoon to butterfly — unfortunately, Jasmine Masters will see her in court.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
4 July 2025
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The portal that allows the players to go from school to school is also sickening.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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When Rudd, 55, appeared on Fallon's late night show to promote his new A24 movie Death of a Unicorn on Thursday, March 27, Fallon, 50, noted that Rudd has performed in just about every genre of film, television and theater one could imagine — except for the soapiest of soap operas.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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As a 35-year-old who is going through a lot of hormonal changes postpartum, my skin craves the extra hydration, but breaks out if formulas are too oily.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
9 July 2025
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Sop up any oily residue with a paper towel, then sprinkle with baby powder.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Photo Gallery Feeling the heat, George accepts an offer to take the lead in a largely fictional and completely hagiographic biopic of (current) Egyptian President Al-Sisi.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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The hagiographic mode gave way to a more prosecutorial one.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Martin studied under and is basically a Temu Alan Grant, while the unctuous Friend oozes with corporate evil.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
30 June 2025
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At times, the display of closeness felt a bit unctuous, as when Musk praised Trump for his gold-heavy interior design makeover of the Oval Office.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.—
David Owen,
The New Yorker,
27 July 2024
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At any moment, the noodles might dissolve, the cheese topping burn, the dish collapse into a soggy, oleaginous mess.—
Isaac Butler,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2023
Adjective
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Alexander Zverev Loses at Wimbledon and Might Need Therapy Alexander Zverev isn’t the most demonstrative of players at the best of times, but the German is going through the worst of times.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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In our culture there’s little more demonstrative action of a parent’s lack of control than having their child drive away in a 4,000-pound hunk of metal on their own.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The rigidity of the magnesium diaphragm produces a crisper and more detailed treble without losing the fulsome bass that creates an immersive soundstage.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Bloys also earned unusually fulsome praise from Zaslav on WBD’s most recent quarterly earnings call.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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“Gushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gushy. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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