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Smug self-serving earnestness
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fulsomeness
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm [syn: unction , smarm ] smug self-serving earnestness [syn: oiliness , oleaginousness , smarminess , unctuousness , unction ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.] Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.] His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. --Golding. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being fulsome or showing overdone and insincere flattery.
Usage examples of fulsomeness.
Miraculously, the morning continued to hold fair-though telltale cloud formations promised an expeditious return to more conventional meteorological fulsomeness not too many metacycles hence.
Jetro Yi’s instinctive and obsequious reaction lacked much of its usual fulsomeness, but he hastened to comply.