Antonyms for fulsome

Grammar : Adj

Spell : foo l-suh m, fuhl-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʊl səm, ˈfʌl-

Definition of fulsome

Origin : Middle English compound of ful "full" (see full (adj.)) + -som (see -some (1)). Sense evolved from "abundant, full" (mid-13c.) to "plump, well-fed" (mid-14c.) to "overgrown, overfed" (1640s) and thus, of language, "offensive to taste or good manners" (1660s). Since the 1960s, however, it commonly has been used in its original, favorable sense, especially in fulsome praise. Related: Fulsomely; fulsomeness.

adj sickening or excessive behavior

Example sentences :

He is critical, but not captious; laudatory, but not fulsome.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 » by Various

His praise was as close to fulsome flattery as it could be and not overstep the mark.
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

"Blaw his lug," to praise a person in an extravagant or fulsome manner.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

It was praised with the most fulsome adulation; assailed with the most violent condemnation.
Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

No adulation was too fulsome for her, no flattery of her beauty too gross.
Extract from : « History of the English People » by John Richard Green

If the air of the streets be fulsome, then fields be at hand.
Extract from : « Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography » by George William Erskine Russell

Mrs Moffatt was talking about her, gushing over her, in fulsome phrases.
Extract from : « Flaming June » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

With so much suffering in the world, how fulsome seems that gay music!
Extract from : « Red Men and White » by Owen Wister

And flesh that is Tidie, to terme it rather, Fatte: then Fulsome.
Extract from : « A Renaissance Courtesy-book » by Giovanni Della Casa

This may sound like flattery, like the fulsome praise of the penny-a-line puffer.
Extract from : « Jungle Folk » by Douglas Dewar

Synonyms for fulsome

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