Definitions for fulsome

fulsome ful·some

Spelling: [foo l-suh m, fuhl-]
IPA: /ˈfʊl səm, ˈfʌl-/

Fulsome is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in fulsome (eflmosu).

Definitions for fulsome

adjective

  1. offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross:
  2. disgusting; sickening; repulsive:
  3. excessively or insincerely lavish:
  4. encompassing all aspects; comprehensive:
  5. abundant or copious.

Origin of fulsome

First recorded in 1200-50, fulsome is from the Middle English word fulsom. See full1, -some1

Examples for fulsome

Clemmons was fulsome in his praise for Jews who have taken up residence on territory that Israel captured from Jordan in 1967.

His praise was as close to fulsome flattery as it could be and not overstep the mark.

This occurs even as they proclaim their fulsome concern for “future generations.”

"Blaw his lug," to praise a person in an extravagant or fulsome manner.

His Empire State colleagues, while tentatively supportive, have been far less than fulsome in their comments.

Rather, he sees her fulsome interest in sex as a small rebellion against the fundamentalist world that she was born into.

It was praised with the most fulsome adulation; assailed with the most violent condemnation.

He asked Hoover to contribute, and the director did so with fulsome praise for Joe Kennedy.

No adulation was too fulsome for her, no flattery of her beauty too gross.

He is critical, but not captious; laudatory, but not fulsome.

Word Value for fulsome
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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