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as in sickening
overly or insincerely flattering
the player's fulsome praise for the coach showed just how hard he was trying to be named captain of the team
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as in generous
giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation
grateful survivors who were fulsome in their praise of the rescue team
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as in ugly
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
the author perpetuates some truly fulsome stereotypes in her novel
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Recent Examples of fulsome
The rigidity of the magnesium diaphragm produces a crisper and more detailed treble without losing the fulsome bass that creates an immersive soundstage.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Bloys also earned unusually fulsome praise from Zaslav on WBD’s most recent quarterly earnings call.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 June 2025
Even the World Health Organization has been fulsome in its praise of Beijing’s handling of the crisis.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
Fans had pushed for a reboot, revival, or some kind of fulsome reunion ever since, and Cranston pushed right alongside them.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 June 2025
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Bloys also earned unusually fulsome praise from Zaslav on WBD’s most recent quarterly earnings call.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 June 2025
Even the World Health Organization has been fulsome in its praise of Beijing’s handling of the crisis.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
Fans had pushed for a reboot, revival, or some kind of fulsome reunion ever since, and Cranston pushed right alongside them.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fulsome
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The brazen and aggressive manhandling of Senator Padilla by the Trump administration is a sickening disgrace.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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The practice is one of a sickening array of battlefield mistreatments recorded on video either by Ukrainian surveillance drones or Russian servicemen and then circulated on social media.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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In the most generous sense, that is what Palantir’s data analytics tools do: Allow users — mostly military and government agencies, but also private-sector companies — to better visualize large datasets.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Free plans are generous, but enterprise features include private-repo customization and network isolation.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Navy must address the ugly fact that, despite all the security America can provide, a diverse array of enemies, rivals and criminals can shut the Panama Canal down at virtually any time.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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In the ugliest defeat of a season belatedly compiling them, the New York Mets blew an early 6-0 lead Wednesday to fall to the Atlanta Braves 11-6.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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In addition, Brace will be barred from participating in Kansas charitable organizations in the future.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 Aug. 2025
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Publicly available 990 forms show that Kraft was not paid a salary in recent years as head of his family’s charitable foundation.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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Kruse and her co-conspirators are now on their fourth different set of lawyers in this dispute, and this is a disgusting publicity stunt by new counsel, as evidenced by the fact that the complaint and press release were sent to the press before the complaint was served.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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The series sets the various human and humanoid segments of its cast on a direct course with the distinctly inhuman alien flora and fauna on the ship – there are some inventive little monsters aboard, disgusting and harrowing in their own special ways – to great effect.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Social Security Administration sent a gushy, questionable email July 4 to millions of people collecting Social Security benefits and others.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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That unspoken contract between gore-hungry viewers and the film is mostly forged by Christien Tinsley, the makeup effects artist whose gushy prosthetics are shown off at every turn.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Oct. 2024
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That said, the pitching is in an awful place right now, though rookie Chase Dollander’s performance Monday night at St. Louis was heartening.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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This man has saved countless kids from being groomed, has raised awareness to millions about these condo games and the awful things pedophiles will do to get their hands on children, and he's comforted people literally just like me who've gone through the exact thing.—
Jill Duffy,
PC Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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As for specific pieces worth snagging, on-trend blouses are abundant in the sale, like this romantic dotted blouse, which is currently a whopping 40% off.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Glamour,
15 Aug. 2025
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The original Scary Movie franchise parodied the teen-slasher flicks that were so abundant in the late ’90s and aughts.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Fulsome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fulsome. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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