Synonyms for fulsomeness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : foo l-suh m, fuhl- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʊl səm, ˈfʌl- |
Top 10 synonyms for fulsomeness
- balance
- bootlicking
- by-product
- copiousness
- effusiveness
- embarrassment
- encomium
- enough
- eulogy
- exaggeration
- excessiveness
- exorbitance
- extravagance
- extravagancy
- extravagantness
- exuberance
- eyewash
- fat
- fawning
- flattering
- flummery
- fulsomeness
- gallantry
- glut
- gratification
- hokum
- honeyed words
- incense
- ingratiation
- inundation
- jive
- laud
- lavishness
- leavings
- leftover
- lushness
- luxuriance
- mush
- nimiety
- obsequiousness
- overabundance
- overdose
- overflow
- overkill
- overload
- overmuch
- overrun
- oversupply
- overweight
- palaver
- plaudits
- plenitude
- plenty
- plethora
- pretty speech
- prodigality
- profusion
- puffery
- recrement
- redundance
- redundancy
- refuse
- remainder
- residue
- rest
- servility
- smoke
- snow
- snow job
- soft words
- soft-soap
- spare
- stroke
- superabundance
- supererogation
- superfluity
- surfeit
- surplus
- sweet talk
- sycophancy
- teemingness
- the limit
- toadyism
- too much
- too much of a good thing
- tribute
- truckling
- unctuousness
- waste
- wastefulness
Définition of fulsomeness
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.
- As in superfluousness : noun excess
- As in excess : noun overabundance of something
- As in exuberance : noun profusion
- As in flattery : noun false praise, compliments
- Quite recently he had been treated by Punch with a benevolence that bordered on fulsomeness.
- Extract from : « Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. » by Charles L. Graves
- He depraves his appetite with haut-gousts, as old fornicators do their lechery into fulsomeness and stinks.
- Extract from : « Character Writings of the 17th Century » by Various
Antonyms for fulsomeness
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