Antonyms for fulsome
ˈfʊl səm, ˈfʌl-ful·some

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1. fulsomeadjective

   Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.

   Synonyms:
   gross

2. fulsomeadjective

   Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).

   Synonyms:
   unctuous, effusive

3. fulsomeadjective

   Abundant, copious.

   The fulsome thanks of the war-torn nation lifted our weary spirits.

   Synonyms:
   profuse

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1. fulsome

   Antonyms:
   artistic, chaste, dainty, delicate, delicious, elegant, esthetic, esthetical, exquisite, fastidious, fine, nice, tasteful, tasty

   Synonyms:
   clumsy, coarse, deformed, disgusting, displeasing, distasteful, gaudy, grotesque, harsh, hideous, horrid, inartistic, inharmonious, meretricious, offensive, rough, rude, rugged, tawdry

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1. fulsome

   Antonyms:
   chaste, sober, nice, delicate

   Synonyms:
   excessive, gross, loathsome, nauseous, sickening, fawning, offensive

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1. buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuousadjective

   unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

   "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"

   Antonyms:
   sincere

   Synonyms:
   saponaceous, greasy, soapy, smarmy, sebaceous, unctuous, buttery, oleaginous, oily

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1. fulsomeadjective

   Synonyms:
   offensive, nauseous, disgusting, excessive, gross, immoderate

How to use fulsome in a sentence?

1. Saadi Shirazi:

   Heed not the flatterer?s fulsome talk, He from thee hopes some trifle to obtain; Thou wilt, shouldst thou his wishes baulk, Ten hundred times as much of censure gain.

2. Gonzalez Rogers:

   As a consequence, the trial record was not as fulsome with respect to antitrust conduct in the relevant market as it could have been.

3. Peter Meijer:

   I would prefer that we have a more fulsome investigation into what happened. Most of what I know about January 6 came either from personal experience or from Twitter. But at the end of the day, I think it is obvious that the President is no longer qualified to hold that office.

4. Bob Corker:

   While the case for removal of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey laid out by Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein was thorough, his removal at this particular time will raise questions, it is essential that ongoing investigations are fulsome and free of political interference until their completion, and it is imperative that President Trump nominate a well-respected and qualified individual to lead the bureau at this critical time.

5. George Jean Nathan:

   A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.

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