fulsomeadjective
uk/ˈfʊl.səm/us/ˈfʊl.səm/formalexpressing a lot of admiration or praise for someone, often too much, in a way that does not sound sincere:
Her new book has received fulsome praise from the critics.
Our guests were fulsome in their compliments about the food.
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Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- make sth of sth
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- overstatement
- pad
- pudding
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- understatement
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Showing respect and admiration
fulsomely
adverb uk/ˈfʊl.səm.li/us/ˈfʊl.səm.li/
He thanked her fulsomely for her help.
fulsomeness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈfʊl.səm.nəs/us/ˈfʊl.səm.nəs/