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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fulsome
    adj 1: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in
           manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome
           introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent";
           "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the
           unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" [syn:
           buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy,
           soapy, unctuous]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.]
   1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.]
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            His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew
            fulsome, fair, and fresh.             --Golding.
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   2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or
      grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from
      excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.
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            And lest the fulsome artifice should fail
            Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil.
                                                  --Cowper.
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   3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity.
      [Obs.] "Fulsome ewes." --Shak. -- Ful"some*ly, adv. --
      Ful"some*ness, n. --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Fulsome:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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