EGAVE

fulsome

About 0.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
  2. adjective Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).
  3. adjective Characterised or marked by fullness; abundant, copious.
    The fulsome thanks of the war-torn nation lifted our weary spirits.
  4. adjective Fully developed; mature.
    Her fulsome timbre resonated throughout the hall.

Similar words

smarmy insincere unctuous oleaginous oily buttery thorough detailed full in-depth

Often followed by

praise flattery in and adulation compliments tribute eulogy terms

Word family

fulsomely fulsomeness fulsomenesses

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