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Fulsome

Fulsome meaning

Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive. | Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity). | Characterised or marked by fullness; abundant, copious.

Example sentences (19)

Her description of it — and what came of it — was as poetical and fulsome as her stage roles.

But National Security Council spokesman John Kirby offered a fulsome defence of Israel, calling the allegations of genocide “unfounded”.

Even the spokesman for the plotters, Cllr Caroline Leaver, admits Mr Brazil was “a good leader” and was even fulsome in her praise of his gaining a “fantastic set of results” as the party took control of SHDC.

Kevin Nagle plans to give Huddersfield Town's players a piece of his mind this week after backing up his latest post-match social media outburst by once more backing manager Darren Moore, albeit not in the most fulsome way.

Mr Twyford’s speech at the ceremony was followed by a series of flattering toasts and eulogies from the guests – possibly made more fulsome by his presence.

The Hazel Grove MP said he was sorry for his “weakness” in responding, an apology which was praised as “courageous and fulsome” by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

While he is fulsome in praise for many restaurants and hotels that he visits, he does not hold back from criticising others.

As with any unvetted medical advice from dictators, we recommend letting the dumbass making these claims act as the first case study before more fulsome human trials begin.

Mr. Hogan issued a “fulsome and profound apology” on Sunday for attending the dinner.

On Friday, Lightfoot contended her remarks about Pilsen’s resurgence were “not fulsome” and she never meant to belittle the problems faced by longtime residents, many of them working-class Mexican American people, being priced out by new development.

We all remember the joy we felt last May when our representation in Europe went from one solitary MEP, Catherine Bearder, to a surprisingly fulsome group of 16 from right across the country – several of whom had not expected to be elected.

We are more focused than ever on fulsome abatement strategies combating the youth vaping epidemic.

Given how broadly the critical pendulum swings these days, Mayer’s next album will likely receive fulsome overpraise.

LA Current captain Matt Grevers had stressed the importance on Saturday of his team being ahead going into the skins, given Dressel’s pre-eminence, and was fulsome in his praise – especially given his team were trailing at that point.

Party scenes are full of these lists of foods and drinks and flowers, overloaded sentences that embody abundance, the fulsome displays of affluence.

How does it arise that some candidates have the “electoral” license for such fulsome, even threatening utterances, while others are not only denied the same license, but have their “silence” dutifully policed as incriminating in itself?

Biographer John R. Alden contends Washington offered "fulsome and insincere flattery to British generals in vain attempts to win great favor" and on occasion showed youthful arrogance, as well as jealousy and ingratitude in the midst of impatience.

Fulsome letters of courtly praise from Pope Gregory I attest to this.

Theodora, who was dead when this panegyric was written, is mentioned only briefly, but Procopius' praise of her beauty is fulsome.