Ask Difference

Fulsome vs. Obsequious — What's the Difference?

Fulsome vs. Obsequious — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fulsome and Obsequious

ADVERTISEMENT

Compare with Definitions

Fulsome

Excessively flattering or insincerely earnest.

Obsequious

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

Fulsome

Disgusting or offensive
"With the stink of decaying corpses so near her cave ... suddenly she felt overpowered by the fulsome reek" (Jean Auel).

Obsequious

Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

Fulsome

Usage Problem Copious or abundant.
ADVERTISEMENT

Obsequious

(archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.

Fulsome

Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.

Obsequious

(obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.

Fulsome

Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).

Obsequious

Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
His servants weeping,Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither.

Fulsome

Marked by fullness; abundant, copious.
The fulsome thanks of the war-torn nation lifted our weary spirits.

Obsequious

Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
There lies ever in "obsequious" at the present the sense of an observance which is overdone, of an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of another.

Fulsome

Fully developed; mature.
Her fulsome timbre resonated throughout the hall.

Obsequious

Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.

Fulsome

Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled.
His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh.

Obsequious

Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

Fulsome

Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.
And lest the fulsome artifice should failThemselves will hide its coarseness with a veil.

Obsequious

Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner;
Obsequious shop assistants

Fulsome

Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity.

Fulsome

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

Share Your Discovery

Share via Social Media
Embed This Content
Embed Code
Share Directly via Messenger
Link
Previous Comparison
Lap vs. Skirt
Next Comparison
Blazing vs. Passionate

Popular Comparisons

Trending Comparisons

New Comparisons

Trending Terms