Associations to the word «Fulsome»
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Wiktionary
FULSOME, adjective. Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
FULSOME, adjective. Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).
FULSOME, adjective. Abundant, copious.
FULSOME, adjective. Fully developed, mature.
Dictionary definition
FULSOME, adjective. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments".
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.