[ adj ] unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech <adj.all> buttery praisegave him a fulsome introduction an oily sycophantic press agent oleaginous hypocrisy smarmy self-importance the unctuous Uriah Heep soapy compliments
Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.] 1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.]
His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. --Golding.
2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.
And lest the fulsome artifice should fail Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil. --Cowper.
3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity. [Obs.] ``Fulsome ewes.'' --Shak. -- {Ful"some*ly}, adv. -- {Ful"some*ness}, n. --Dryden.
Note the splendid 18th century Spanish obelisk and the fulsome views from Largo Castello. Lecce.
Filing suit against the network, GM argued persuasively that NBC had rigged a televised test accident to show the explosive effect of a side-on collision. On Wednesday, NBC offered a fulsome apology for the rigged accidents.
We would go off and steal apples and he would go home and study.' Superlopez, a fulsome biography just published, says he was reading at two and was a budding engineer at six.