Gushing
['gʌʃɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) flowing profusely; 'a gushing hydrant'; 'pouring flood waters' .
Typist: Willard--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gush
(a.) Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters.
(a.) Emitting copiously, as tears or words; weakly and unreservedly demonstrative in matters of affection; sentimental.
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- I remembered the ancient fables, in which human beings are described as dissolving away through weeping into ever-gushing fountains. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Yet as the laugh died, a kind of wrath smote me, and then bitterness followed: it was the rock struck, and Meribah's waters gushing out. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I veil my eyes in terror of the change, and gushing tears bear witness to my sympathy for this unimaginable ruin. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- What fragrant coolness revived him; what gushing sound was that? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- My heart, the field of combat, was wounded by the iron heel of the one, watered by the gushing tears of the other. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The gushing fountains which sparkle in the sun, must not be stopped in mere caprice; the oasis in the desert of Sahara must not be plucked up idly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You must bring us all kinds of things from Greece, Maurice, said Mrs Dengelton in her usual gushing manner. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- If fervent prayers, gushing from hearts overcharged with gratitude, be heard in heaven--and if they be not, what prayers are! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Editor: Trudy