Synonyms 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

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

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

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1. fulsome

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

   Antonyms:
   chaste, sober, nice, delicate

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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"

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

   Antonyms:
   sincere

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1. fulsomeadjective

   Synonyms:
   nauseous, offensive, disgusting, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, sickening, rank, gross

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1. fulsomeadjective

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

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How to use fulsome in a sentence?

1. Stephanie Murphy:

   We're triangulating basically from a lot of different angles and we are getting a fulsome picture of what happened in the run-up to and on the day of January 6.

2. Scott Brennan:

   It's not fair to the people of Iowa. It's not fair to the four early states. And if we want to have a process, that's fine, but let's do it in sunlight, not in darkness, by putting that on paper the way it was done, you set parameters. ... We're going to have a fulsome discussion, but I believe that that process came about backwards.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.