Noun: fulsomeness fûl-sum-nus
- Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
"The politician's speech was full of fulsomeness, lacking any real substance";
- unction, smarm [informal]
- Smug self-serving earnestness
"The salesman's fulsomeness made customers uncomfortable";
- oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess [informal], unctuousness, unction
Type of: compliment, hypocrisy