English Dictionary

fulsome

/ˈfʊlsəm/

adj

Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive. / Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity). / Marked by fullness; abundant, copious. / Fully developed; mature.

His fulsome compliments made her uncomfortable.

意味（1）

Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.

[T]he Weather exceeding hot, I entreated him to let me bathe in a River that was near. He conſented, and I immediately ſtripped myſelf ſtark naked, and went down ſoftly into the ſtream. It happened that a young Female Yahoo ſtanding behind a Bank, ſaw the whole proceeding, and enflamed by Deſire, as the Nag and I conjectured, came running with all ſpeed, and leaped into the Water within five Yards of the Place where I bathed. … She embraced me after a moſt fulſome manner; …

意味（2）

Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).

And by hideous contrast, a redundant orator was making a speech to another gathering not thirty steps away, in fulsome laudation of our glorious British liberties!

意味（3）

Marked by fullness; abundant, copious.

The fulsome thanks of the war-torn nation lifted our weary spirits.

意味（4）

Fully developed; mature.

Her fulsome timbre resonated throughout the hall.