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adj. Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy: an effusive manner.

adj. Profuse; overflowing: effusive praise.

adj. gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression)

adj. pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing

adj. extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava

adj. Pouring out; pouring forth freely.

adj. formed by an outpouring of molten lava, or pertaining to rocks so formed.

adj. overly demonstrative; expressing emotion in an unrestrained manner; exhibiting unrestrained enthusiasm; -- of people and human actions. Contrasted with reserved.

Pouring out; flowing forth profusely: as, effusive speech.

Hence Making an extravagant or undue exhibition of feeling.

Poured abroad; spread or poured freely.

n. In petrography, a volcanic rock poured out on the surface of the earth: contrasted with intrusive rocks. Also extrusive.

adj. extravagantly demonstrative

adj. uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm

"A perfect example of Hodgkin’s sharp personality is the small You Are My Sunshine, which, like a sycophant’s true feelings, contains a snide black core within effusive, almost hyper orange and yellow."

demonstrative    lively   

reserved   

luxuriant    the effusive period   

effusiveness    effusively   

gushing    gushy    burbling    burbly   

warmest    heartfelt    fulsome    high-flown    cordial    demonstrative    hearty    exuberant    maudlin    rapturous