VividLex

Home / Dictionary / fulsome

fulsome

6 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

  1. 1. a. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.] His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. Golding. 2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery. And lest the fulsome artifice should fail Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil. Cowper. 3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity. [Obs.] "Fulsome ewes." Shak. -- Ful"some*ly, adv. -- Ful"some*ness, n. Dryden. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 s unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

Open full thesaurus page for fulsome · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Search dictionary Related words Home
fulsamic
fulsomely