characterized by abundance : copious
After the long hike, I was met with a fulsome breakfast. Plates were piled with eggs, fruit, and pancakes. There was more food than I could eat. I felt grateful for the fulsome meal because it felt good to have so much after using so much energy on the trail.
The buffet table groaned under the weight of the feast. There was such a fulsome spread of food, from roasted meats to piles of sweet pastries, that no one could possibly leave hungry.
After weeks of drought, the first rain brought fulsome relief. Water pooled in dusty fields, soaking parched ground and dripping from overloaded leaves. The farmers watched, breathing deep as green shoots began to emerge, promising a harvest after weeks of worry.
At the pizza party, there was a fulsome mountain of cheese, so high that small children needed a ladder just to see the pepperoni. Even the family cat stared in awe, wondering if this copious wonder would ever stop flowing—or if it might take over the whole house.
The squirrel, with its cheeks puffed out like furry balloons, was a truly fulsome sight. It had stuffed so many nuts in there, it looked like it might float away! It scurried off, a tiny, overloaded, nut-filled wonder.
The chef prepared a fulsome feast for the guests, with platters overflowing with succulent meats, vibrant vegetables, and decadent desserts. The abundance of food left everyone feeling satisfied and content.
As the sun began its descent, casting a warm glow across the meadow, a chorus of birdsong filled the air. The melody was so rich and abundant, a fulsome outpouring of joyous notes that seemed to envelop the entire valley.
The room was filled with a fulsome stench that made my stomach churn. Rotting flesh, decaying corpses littered the floor and walls in a grotesque display of death. The air was thick with the sickly sweet smell of decay, overpowering my senses and making it hard to breathe. I could feel the nausea rising in my throat as I took in the horrifying scene before me. The fulsome sight of blood and gore was too much to bear, and I knew I had to get out of there before I lost my mind to the madness of it all.
The cave oozed with a fulsome stench, choking the air with its putrid essence. The stench permeated every crevice, clinging to the walls like a vile shroud. The ground was slick with something unnameable, its foulness seeping into every pore. A chorus of guttural growls echoed through the darkness, intensifying the horror that gripped my senses.
The forest was alive with the sounds of birds singing and leaves rustling in the wind. The air was filled with the sweet scent of flowers blooming, and the sunlight filtered through the trees in a warm, golden glow. As the young wizard walked through the lush greenery, he couldn't help but marvel at the fulsome beauty that surrounded him. Everywhere he looked, there was an abundance of life and color, a richness that seemed to overflow with magic. It was a sight that filled his heart with wonder and gratitude for the natural world.
During the holiday dinner, the family enjoyed a fulsome feast, with so many dishes on the table that everyone could have seconds and still find something new to taste. Their laughter and conversation matched the fulsome spread, filling the room with warmth and plenty.
The volunteers arrived with fulsome offerings of food and blankets. Their generosity was so abundant it brought tears to the eyes of those who had lost everything. They had brought more than enough, a true abundance of kindness.
The garden overflowed with fulsome tomatoes, their vines so heavy that branches sagged under the weight of ripening fruit. Jake stared in awe, realizing his careful months of tending had produced an abundance beyond his wildest expectations.
At the annual cheese festival, Harold approached the buffet with fulsome excitement, stacking his plate so high with brie, cheddar, and gouda that onlookers wondered if he was hoarding for winter. His copious appetite soon became legendary, and the buffet table never fully recovered.
The chef, renowned for his culinary extravaganzas, presented a fulsome platter of pastries, each a tiny, gilded monument to excess. Diners gawked at the sheer abundance, a veritable mountain range of eclairs and éclairs, enough to induce a sugar coma of epic proportions.
The family gathered around the fulsome table, piled high with platters of food, vegetables, and desserts. Conversations overlapped and laughter filled the room, evidence of a generous spirit and an abundance that seemed to overflow into every corner of the lively celebration.
The famished travelers encountered a veritable cornucopia of sustenance, a fulsome spread of roasted meats and ripe fruits. Their gratitude was palpable, a silent acknowledgment of the sheer abundance that had appeared before them, promising an end to their gnawing hunger.
At the harvest festival, farmers celebrated with fulsome platters of roasted corn, fresh-baked bread, and sizzling meats. The abundance of food reflected their gratitude for a bountiful season, with tables overflowing and guests sampling generous portions until they could barely move.
The chef, known for his fulsome portions, appalled nutritionists with his seven-tier lasagna, which required architectural blueprints and scaffolding to serve. Diners staggered from the table, beleaguered by abundance, their plates groaning beneath the copious avalanche of cheese and noodles cascading like a delicious carbohydrate landslide.
The chef, a veritable corpulent gourmand, presented a fulsome platter of roasted capons, their succulent flesh glistening with a fulsome gravy. He then, with a prodigious flourish, bestowed upon us a fulsome chalice of fortified malmsey, its amber depths promising a rather effervescent evening.
Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.
Characterized by an offensive excess of insincerity, servility, or praise.
He bowed so low, his praises pouring out like a flood. It felt fake, a show meant to get something. His overly sweet words and constant agreement were too much, a fulsome performance that made everyone uncomfortable.
The young apprentice, eager for favor, offered his master such fulsome praise about the artisan's mediocre pottery that the master could only sigh, noticing the boy's forced smiles and hurried, exaggerated bows.
The junior programmer fawned over the lead developer, his praise too much, too eager. He kept saying how brilliant her obscure coding solutions were, how much he'd learned, a fulsome display that made everyone else uncomfortable.
The puppy's tail wagged so hard, it threatened to fly off. He licked my face with fulsome enthusiasm, hoping for a second treat. I think he believes my drool is a magic potion.
Barnaby, the pampered pug, found his owner's constant, fulsome declarations of his "genius" for napping rather tiresome. Each slobbery kiss and whispered, "Such a clever boy!" when Barnaby merely snorted in his sleep felt a bit much. He longed for a simple pat, not this slobbery overkill.
He felt sickened by the fulsome flattery, the sycophants tripping over themselves with insincere compliments. Their servile praise was so over the top, it felt like a cheap trick designed to manipulate, a nauseating display of manufactured adoration.
The apprentice polished the ancient, tarnished cogwheel with almost desperate focus, his apologies for the slightest smudge becoming increasingly fulsome. He knew the master craftsman valued perfection, and his servile praise for even the smallest of the master's pronouncements felt cheap, even to himself, as the deadline loomed.
The politician's speech was so fulsome, his compliments on the crowd's intelligence and the town's beauty felt like a thick, greasy film. He lauded every minor achievement with an excessive, almost sickening glow, clearly pandering for votes.
My neighbor's praise for my slightly lopsided garden gnome felt utterly fulsome. He went on for so long about its "angelic aura" and "whispers of divine wisdom" that I started wondering if he'd secretly replaced my petunias with magic beans. I just wanted him to stop.
The cat’s fulsome display of head-nuzzles and purrs was certainly a surprise, considering he’d just spent the morning actively plotting world domination from his sunbeam perch. His sudden, over-the-top affection felt less like genuine love and more like a tactical maneuver to secure extra tuna, a truly transparent, sycophantic performance.
He accepted the praise with a strained smile, his compliments feeling so insincere. It was clear he was trying too hard, offering thatfulsome adulation hoping to win favor. The sheer excess of it made everyone in the room uncomfortable.
The new recruit's *fulsome* flattery, lauding the captain's every minor decision with exaggerated admiration, felt deeply uncomfortable. It wasn't genuine respect, but a transparent attempt to gain favor, a performance of exaggerated devotion that left everyone feeling a bit ill.
The apprentice bowed so low his nose nearly touched the polished obsidian floor. He showered the Guild Master with fulsome flattery, calling his recent, mediocre decree a stroke of unparalleled genius. The Master, however, saw through the thinly veiled sycophancy.
The celebrity chef's acceptance speech was a truly fulsome display, drowning the audience in an overwhelming tide of gushing gratitude and exaggerated humility. His "fans," the handful of paid influencers in the front row, offered equally fervent applause, their practiced smiles contorting into grotesque grimaces.
The ancient librarian, whose spectacles magnified his bug-like eyes, offered Barnaby a fulsome apology for the missing scroll. "Your very existence, sir, is a beacon of intellectual radiance," he gushed, wringing his liver-spotted hands, "a celestial tapestry woven with threads of pure genius!" Barnaby just wanted his overdue tax forms.
His fulsome apologies, delivered with a rehearsed tremor in his voice and an abundance of groveling, reeked of insincerity. The king, discerning the man's transparent attempt to ingratiate himself, felt only contempt for such cloying sycophancy.
The supplicant’s praise was so fulsome, his every utterance laced with an unnerving obsequiousness, that the despot grew uneasy. This excessive, insincere adulation, rather than mollifying him, pricked at his paranoia, a grotesque performance of manufactured loyalty.
The supplicant's fulsome praise of the Archon’s obscure astrological theories felt nauseating, a desperate, cloying attempt to ingratiate himself with promises of planetary alignment that verged on the pathological.
His fulsome compliments, a veritable cornucopia of saccharine adulation, cascaded upon the impresario. He declared the maestro's rendition of the esquisse a transcendent apotheosis, his obsequious pronouncements so effusive they practically threatened to curdle the crème brûlée.
The sycophantic artificer, desperate for patronage, offered King Thistlewick such a fulsome outpouring of adulation concerning his new, slightly-askew tiara, it was abundantly clear the monarch's cranium was not merely accessorized, but actively being subjected to an effusive, unctuous coronation of empty flattery.
Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.