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Effusive vs Unrepressed - What's the difference?

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Effusive is a related term of unrepressed.


As adjectives the difference between effusive and unrepressed

is that effusive is gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression) while unrepressed is not repressed.

effusive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression)
  • (archaic) pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
  • * Alexander Pope
  • washed with the effusive wave
  • (of igneous rock) extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
  • Derived terms

    * effusively * effusiveness

    unrepressed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not repressed.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 12, author=Nate Chinen, title=Recalling Miles Davis by Crossing Cultures, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=The trumpeter Wallace Roney, a leading disciple of the Davis sound and style, played with exacting purpose and unrepressed enthusiasm, carving up the song. }}