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Antonyms for gushes

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : guhsh
Phonetic Transcription : gʌʃ


Definition of gushes

Origin :
  • 12c., gosshien "make noises in the stomach," later (c.1400) "rush out suddenly, pour out," probably formed imitativeally in English under influence of Old Norse gusa "to gush, spurt," related to geyser. Metaphoric sense of "speak in an effusive manner" first recorded 1873. Related: Gushed; gushing. The noun is 1680s, from the verb.
  • noun outpouring
  • verb pour out
  • verb speak with overwhelming enthusiasm
Example sentences :
  • Gushes of wind and rain wet and chilled me through and through.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 » by Various
  • She gushes over me so, simply because I am Malcolm's cousin.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • The pure water which gushes from a spring on the hillsides, who can trace?
  • Extract from : « History of Linn County Iowa » by Luther A. Brewer
  • Reserved men like gushing girls, so she gushes and says "Oh my!"
  • Extract from : « When a Man's Single » by J. M. Barrie
  • Speaking of sentiment, it gushes up on every page, and streams from every line.
  • Extract from : « The White Rose of Memphis » by William C. Falkner
  • The wife isn't all there, she does her hair like a flapper and gushes extremely.
  • Extract from : « Plays by Chekhov, Second Series » by Anton Chekhov
  • It gushes from the rill, as it breaks from the deep caverns of the Earth.
  • Extract from : « The Great Conspiracy, Part 2. » by John Alexander Logan
  • "Then she shall not have the honor of lending you a candle," said Zoe, with one of her gushes.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Hater » by Charles Reade
  • Not that he gushes; but one knows, somehow, what he is feeling.
  • Extract from : « Set in Silver » by Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
  • Travel up to the headwaters, where the great pure fountain is, that gushes out abundant and inexhaustible.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

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