Synonyms and Antonyms of effusive
showing feeling freely
- often effusive no matter what the occasion, they are even more so at weddings and funerals
dramatic, histrionic, hyperemotional, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric)
gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, sentimental
communicative, expansive
extroverted (also extraverted), outgoing
affectionate, feeling, intense, loving, passionate, sensitive, soulful, warm
blunt, candid, frank, outspoken, plain
constrained
quiet, reticent, silent, taciturn
bashful, modest, retiring, shy
introverted, self-directed
aloof, detached, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, indifferent, phlegmatic, stolid, unconcerned, unfeeling
chilly, cold, frigid, glacial, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hard-hearted, icy, unfriendly
