Fulsome
Synonyms for fulsome
adj sickening or excessive behavior
bombastic
buttery
canting
cloying
coarse
extravagant
fawning
flattering
glib
grandiloquent
hypocritical
immoderate
ingratiating
inordinate
insincere
magniloquent
mealy-mouthed
nauseating
offensive
oily
overdone
saccharine
sanctimonious
slick
slimy
smooth
suave
unctuous
oleaginous
smarmy
adulatory
sycophantic
wheedling
Antonyms for fulsome
sincere
reasonable
Usage Notes
In the 13th century when it was first used, fulsome meant simply “abundant or copious.” It later developed additional senses of “offensive, gross” and “disgusting, sickening,” probably by association with foul, and still later a sense of excessiveness: a fulsome disease; a fulsome meal, replete with too much of everything. For some centuries fulsome was used exclusively, or nearly so, with these unfavorable meanings. Today, both fulsome and fulsomely are also used in senses closer to the original one: The sparse language of the new Prayer Book contrasts with the fulsome language of Cranmer’s Book of Common Prayer. Later they discussed the topic more fulsomely. These uses are often criticized on the grounds that fulsome must always retain its connotations of “excessive” or “offensive.” The common phrase fulsome praise is thus sometimes ambiguous in modern use.
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