fulsome

[fool-suhm, fuhl-] / ˈfʊl səm, ˈfʌl- /

ADJECTIVE

sickening or excessive behavior

Synonyms

WEAK

adulatory bombastic buttery canting cloying coarse extravagant fawning flattering glib grandiloquent hypocritical immoderate ingratiating inordinate insincere magniloquent mealy-mouthed nauseating offensive oily oleaginous overdone saccharine sanctimonious slick slimy smarmy smooth suave sycophantic unctuous wheedling

Antonyms

WEAK

reasonable sincere

Example Sentences

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On Monday, Summers issued a more fulsome apology.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We’re going to have a fulsome, group response to this, because bureaucrats in China cannot manage the supply chain or the manufacturing process for the rest of the world,” Mr. Bessent said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Netanyahu asked to meet him in the Oval Office at the White House, he forced him to ring the Qatari prime minister to make a fulsome apology.

From BBC

But it was far from a fulsome apology.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump’s and Musk’s attempts to disassemble the federal government are supported only by Republicans, but even their support is not fulsome across the board.

From Salon

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