fulsome
adjective
[ ˈfʊls(ə)m ]
• complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree.
• "the press are embarrassingly fulsome in their appreciation"
Similar:
enthusiastic,
ample,
profuse,
extensive,
generous,
liberal,
lavish,
glowing,
gushing,
gushy,
excessive,
extravagant,
overdone,
immoderate,
inordinate,
over-appreciative,
fawning,
ingratiating,
adulatory,
laudatory,
acclamatory,
eulogistic,
rapturous,
flattering,
complimentary,
effusive,
cloying,
unctuous,
saccharine,
sugary,
honeyed,
over the top,
OTT,
buttery,
encomiastic,
• of large size or quantity; generous or abundant.
• "the fulsome details of the later legend"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘abundant’): from full1 + -some1.
