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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
Working with the insurance brokers and the risk managers and legal or other teams involved in assisting the CFO, to really do a fulsome look at how the policies compare, and even create potential enhancements to seek from the insurers.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Kumar has reportedly extolled Indian prime minister Narendra Modi as his idol, but Modi has received hardly less fulsome tribute from Biden and Harris.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
Effective deterrence requires greater speed, deeper innovation, and more fulsome collaboration than exists today.
—Byhoracio Rozanski, Fortune, 10 June 2024
Roomful of Blues with its fulsome horns is at Infinity Hall Hartford.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2024
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Kumar has reportedly extolled Indian prime minister Narendra Modi as his idol, but Modi has received hardly less fulsome tribute from Biden and Harris.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
Effective deterrence requires greater speed, deeper innovation, and more fulsome collaboration than exists today.
—Byhoracio Rozanski, Fortune, 10 June 2024
Roomful of Blues with its fulsome horns is at Infinity Hall Hartford.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fulsome
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Next she was wrenched the other way in a sickening, 180° roll, and one of the crew members tumbled down the almost-vertical deck and vanished in the sea.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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What was sickening about being there in person was watching the Trump fans around me and realizing that there was nothing shocking about it to them.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
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Our library had a generous limit of 150 items per person.Courtenay Rudzinski, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
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Although the deal was revealed just three weeks after execs floated it during an earnings call, the generous timeline for closing it is designed to enable continuity.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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George Kittle On the ugly game: Being able to deal with all of that and still come out with a win.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Poor Sue, who wins the challenge and has to wear that ugly bat signal around her neck.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Additionally, are not deductible as charitable contributions on Schedule A.James Brewer, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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As my colleague Rachel M. Cohen reported, acts of service for family, friends, and neighbors are typically not counted as volunteering, and opening your home to relatives or sending remittances to them is not counted as charitable giving.Sigal Samuel, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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At least Gill thinks that coffee is disgusting too.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Trump is disgusting, unhinged and unfit to represent the United States.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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There’s no better time to embrace the mushy gushy than in the first few moments after winning gold medals together.Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
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To that end, yes, honeymoon phases are gushy (and self-absorbed).Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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For the evening, the stews break out their coral dresses instead of blacks which are pretty awful.Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Jean Dujardin, the French actor who won an Academy Award for that awful silent-movie spoof The Artist, is almost unrecognizable in On the Wandering Paths (Sur les chemins noirs).Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
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In one of these observations, Booth and her colleagues found abundant methanol (opens a new tab) within a nearby planet-forming disk.Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
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The wildlife agency says the population is strong and abundant.Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Fulsome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fulsome. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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