Cloying smoke envelops orchestra

• Celebrated ensemble enveloped in smoke that's excessive
• Excessively ingratiating - of mules
• Generous, abundant
• Excessively flattering
• Excessively ingratiating — of mules (anag)
• Overdone, as flattery

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-13c., "abundant, plentiful," Middle English compound of ful "full" (see full (adj.)) + -som "to a considerable degree" (see -some (1)). Perhaps a case of ironic understatement. Sense extended to "plump, well-fed" (mid-14c.), then "arousing disgust" ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Leading Hollywood actors were fulsome in their praise for the director at Thursday night's tribute. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But as aspiring authors know, there is more to a blockbuster than a fulsome blurb. ▪ Colin ...

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