FULSOME


Meaning of FULSOME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fʊlsəm ]

If you describe expressions of praise, apology, or gratitude as fulsome , you disapprove of them because they are exaggerated and elaborate, so that they sound insincere.

Newspapers have been fulsome in their praise of the former president.

= extravagant

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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