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Synonyms for fulsomeness
noun overabundance of something

glut
waste
exuberance
surplus
profusion
exorbitance
surfeit
plethora
superabundance
rest
wastefulness

residue
redundancy
lavishness
overload
enough
oversupply
leavings
inundation
overweight
fat
spare

plenty
leftover
overflow
remainder
overrun
by-product
refuse
overmuch
superfluity
balance
too much

overkill
nimiety
supererogation
redundance
luxuriance
overdose
recrement
the limit
too much of a good thing

Antonyms for fulsomeness

insufficiency
lack
core
little
scarcity
dearth

deficiency
poverty
shortcoming
deprivation
economy
frugality

moderation
privation
need
want
base
few

Synonyms
noun profusion

richness
abundance
lavishness
excessiveness

exaggeration
plenitude
superabundance
affluence

superfluity
plenty
prodigality
copiousness

luxuriance
teemingness
lushness
effusiveness

Antonyms

lack
scarcity
lifelessness

insufficiency
need
want

discouragement

Synonyms
noun false praise, compliments

approbation
stroke
plaudits
servility
snow
tribute
palaver
mush
commendation
eulogy
encomium

gallantry
applause
adulation
incense
puffery
smoke
blandishment
blarney
gratification
fawning
flattering

laud
snow job
sweet talk
flummery
ingratiation
jive
sycophancy
eyewash
obsequiousness
hokum
cajolery

truckling
unctuousness
bootlicking
honeyed words
pretty speech
soft words
soft-soap
toadyism

Antonyms

belittlement
castigation
condemnation

denunciation
insult
criticism

blame
offense

Synonyms
noun excess

balance
by-product
embarrassment
enough
excessiveness
exorbitance
extravagance
extravagancy
extravagantness
exuberance
fat
glut

inundation
lavishness
leavings
leftover
overabundance
overflow
overload
overmuch
overrun
oversupply
overweight
plenty

plethora
profusion
redundancy
refuse
remainder
residue
rest
spare
superabundance
superfluity
surfeit
surplus

too much
waste
wastefulness
luxuriance
nimiety
overdose
overkill
recrement
redundance
supererogation
the limit
too much of a good thing

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.