Cloying smoke envelops orchestra

• Excessively ingratiating - of mules
• Sickeningly obsequious
• Obnoxiously flattering
• Orchestra stops to smoke? That's excessive!

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
a. 1 offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive. 2 excessively flattering (connoting insincerity). 3 abundant, copious. 4 Fully developed, mature.

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 ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep" [syn: buttery ...

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