fulsome
About 0.22 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
- adjective Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).
- adjective Characterised or marked by fullness; abundant, copious.
The fulsome thanks of the war-torn nation lifted our weary spirits.
- 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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