Synonyms Dictionary
2. smooth, flowing, fluid, unforced, unconstrained; limpid, cogent, lucid, natural, free-flowing.
3. passive, inactive, inert, lifeless, otiose; languid, sluggish, supine, recumbent; indifferent, apathetic, slack. effrontery, n. audacity, impertinence, impudence, gall, nerve, Inf. cheek, Inf. brass, SI. moxie; insolence, brassiness, brazenness, rudeness, SI. mouth, SI. lip; temerity, foolhardiness, rashness, brashness, boldness; imprudence, injudiciousness, indiscretion; arrogance, haughtiness, front, self-importance, self-assertion; assertiveness, bumptiousness, Inf. pushiness, forwardness, SI. chutzpah; shamelessness, sauciness, pertness. effulgence, n. brilliance, radiance, iridescence, resplendence, shine, refulgence. Archaic, fulgor; fire, blaze, flame; twinkle, twinkling, sparkle, sparkling, shimmer, scintillation, coruscation, glistening; flash, beam, ray, fulguration, glint, glance; gleam, glitter, glimmer, flicker, Archaic, glister; nimbus, aureola, halo; luminescence, luminosity, nitidity, phosphorescence, incandescence, fluorescence, illumination; sheen, luster, splendor, glow, effulgent, adj. radiant, brilliant, shining, resplendent, iridescent, fulgent; sunny, bright, sunshiny, light, lit, alight; dazzling, vivid, ablaze, aflame, afire; blazing, fiery, burning, flaming; sparkling, gleaming, scintillating, glistening, coruscating, fulgid; twinkling, lambent, flickering, shimmering, glimmering, rutilant; glowing, refulgent, luminous, luminescent, nitid; incandescent, phosphorescent, fluorescent; lustrous, shiny, glossy, sheen, (of gems) orient; lucent, lucifer-ous, Rare, relucent, lucid effuse, v. 1. spill, dispense, pour out, send forth, emit, secrete; shed, disseminate, open the sluices, turn on the tap, disembogue.
2. exude, diffuse, emanate, well out, issue forth, flow out, gush, spout, spurt; seep, filter, ooze, Pathol. extravasate.
3. prattle, gabble, chatter, rattle, prate, jabber, blather, babble. effusion, n. 1. outpouring, gush, stream, emission, efflux, effluence, emanation; outflow, diffusion, dispersion; discharge, shedding, spilling, extravasation.
2. outburst, eruption, explosion, paroxysm; profu-siveness, exuberance, bubbling over, ebullition, boiling over. effusive, adj. 1. poured out, diffused, spread widely, overflowing, streaming.
2. demonstrative, unreserved, unrestrained, emotive; expansive, lavish, generous, profuse, copious; exuberant, rhapsodic, enthusiastic, ebullient, hearty, ardent, fervent, warm, sentimental, gushing, SI. gooey; pleonastic, wordy, verbose, long-winded, egest, v. void, evacuate, excrete, discharge, eject, expel. egg1, n. ovum; embryo, nucleus, cell; germ, seed. egg2, v. Usu. egg on urge, encourage, prod, push, goad, spur; instigate, induce, trigger; set on, rouse to, prick, stimulate; start up, get going, hurry on, actuate, animate; wheedle, coax, inveigle, prevail upon, exhort; incite, inspire, persuade, sway, tempt, entice, lure, egghead, adj. Informal, pedant, bookworm, highbrow, Inf. longhair, Inf. know-it-all, Inf. walking encyclopedia. See intellectual (def. 5). egg-shaped, adj. oval, ovate, ovoid, oviform, elliptical, ellipsoid; obovate, pear-shaped, bell-shaped, ego, n. 1. the I, the self, oneself.
2. egotism, self-importance, conceit. See egoism
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