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Definitions for Fulsome
[1] offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross: fulsome praise that embarrassed her deeply; fulsome décor.
[2] disgusting; sickening; repulsive: a table heaped with fulsome mounds of greasy foods.
[3] excessively or insincerely lavish: fulsome admiration.
[4] encompassing all aspects; comprehensive: a fulsome survey of the political situation in Central America.
[5] abundant or copious.
[6] excessive or insincere, esp in an offensive or distasteful way fulsome compliments
[7] not standard extremely complimentary
[8] informal full, rich or abundant a fulsome figure ; a fulsome flavour ; fulsome detail
[9] archaic disgusting; loathsome
Words related to Fulsome
bombastic, buttery, canting, cloying, coarse, extravagant, fawning, flattering, glib, grandiloquent, hypocritical, immoderate, ingratiating, inordinate, insincere, magniloquent, mealy-mouthed, nauseating, offensive, oily
Words nearby Fulsome
fulmine, fulminic, fulminic acid, fulminous, fulness, fulsome, fulton, fulton, robert, fulvous, fumadiddle, fumage
Origin of Fulsome
First recorded in 1200–50, fulsome is from the Middle English word fulsom. See full1, -some1
Words that may be confused with Fulsome
full, fullness, fulsome, fulsome, noisome, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry)
Other words from Fulsome
ful·some·ly , adverb
ful·some·ness , noun
un·ful·some , adjective
Synonyms for Fulsome
adulatory, bombastic, buttery, canting, cloying, coarse, extravagant, fawning, flattering, glib, grandiloquent, hypocritical, immoderate, ingratiating, inordinate, insincere, magniloquent, mealy-mouthed, nauseating, offensive, oily, oleaginous, overdone, saccharine, sanctimonious, slick, slimy, smarmy, smooth, suave, sycophantic, unctuous, wheedling