" fulsome "

1: overly or insincerely flattering;

  * e.g., " ... the player's fulsome praise for the coach showed just how hard he was trying to be named captain of the team "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adulatory,

•  gushing,

•  gushy,

•  hagiographic,

•  oily,

•  oleaginous,

•  soapy,

•  unctuous

•  Antonyms : 

•  cheap,

•  close,

•  closefisted,

•  costive,

•  illiberal,

•  mingy,

•  miserly,

•  parsimonious,

•  penurious,

•  selfish,

•  stingy,

•  stinting,

•  tight,

•  tightfisted,

•  uncharitable,

•  ungenerous

2: giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation;

  * e.g., " ... grateful survivors who were fulsome in their praise of the rescue team "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bighearted,

•  bounteous,

•  bountiful,

•  charitable,

•  free,

•  freehanded,

•  freehearted,

•  generous,

•  liberal,

•  munificent,

•  open,

•  openhanded,

•  unselfish,

•  unsparing,

•  unstinting

•  Antonyms : 

•  innocuous,

•  inoffensive

3: causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment;

  * e.g., " ... the author perpetuates some truly fulsome stereotypes in her novel "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abhorrent,

•  abominable,

•  appalling,

•  awful,

•  disgusting,

•  distasteful,

•  dreadful,

•  evil,

•  foul,

•  gross,

•  hideous,

•  horrendous,

•  horrible,

•  horrid,

•  loathsome,

•  nasty,

•  nauseating,

•  nauseous,

•  noisome,

•  noxious,

•  obnoxious,

•  obscene,

•  odious,

•  offensive,

•  rancid,

•  repellent,

•  repugnant,

•  repulsive,

•  revolting,

•  scandalous,

•  shocking,

•  sickening,

•  ugly

•  Antonyms : 

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