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View usage for: (flaʊəri) 1. adjectiveA flowery smell is strong and sweet, like flowers. Amy thought she caught the faintest drift of Isabel's flowery perfume. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]Flowery cloth, paper, or china has a lot of flowers printed or painted on it. The baby, dressed in a flowery jumpsuit, waved her rattle. Synonyms: floral, flower-patterned More Synonyms of flowery 3. adjectiveFlowery speech or writing contains long or literary words and expressions. They were using uncommonly flowery language. Synonyms: ornate, fancy, rhetorical, high-flown More Synonyms of flowery flowery in British English (ˈflaʊərɪ) adjective2. decorated with flowers or floral patterns 3. like or suggestive of flowers a flowery scent 4. (of language or style) elaborate; ornate Derived forms floweriness (ˈfloweriness) noun flowery in American English (ˈflaʊəri) adjectiveWord forms: ˈflowerier or ˈfloweriest1. covered or decorated with flowers 3. full of figurative and ornate expressions and fine words said of language, style, etc. SIMILAR WORDS: bomˈbastic Derived forms flowerily (ˈflowerily) adverb floweriness (ˈfloweriness) noun Examples of 'flowery' in a sentenceflowery My favourite dress was the flowery one.Lesser editors did fly out to attend the burials with flowery wreaths and long faces.Does she usually smell super sweet or flowery?Team embroidered jeans with a flowery shirt.We think they mean that it smells flowery.The language is amusingly flowery and the overall tone one of purposeful pleasure.What's wrong with a nice lady in a flowery dress on a swing?There were drummers, dancers and fans decked in flowery shirts.And when he has the time, he buys a lot of flowery shirts.No opaque or flowery language: it just did exactly what it said on the bottle.He left in the flowery language his more sensitive British brethren delete.Its gorgeous, flowery scent will quickly make you forget those winter blues and leave you feeling a million dollars.Does flowery language bear fruit?A great stylish summer option for a long, flowery dress. Definition decorated with flowers or floral patterns The baby was dressed in a flowery jumpsuit. Definition (of language or style) containing elaborate literary expressions They were using uncommonly flowery language. Synonyms Opposites simple , basic , plain , bare , modest , restrained , muted , austere , spartan , unadorned , unembellished Additional synonymsDefinition ornate in style He was a baroque figure dressed in theatrical, but elegant, clothes. Synonyms ornate, fancy, bizarre, elegant, decorated, elaborate, extravagant, flamboyant, grotesque, convoluted, flowery, rococo, florid, bedecked, overelaborate, overdecorated Definition special, unusual, and elaborate It was packaged in a fancy plastic case with attractive graphics. Synonyms elaborate, decorated, decorative, extravagant, intricate, baroque, ornamented, ornamental, ornate, elegant, fanciful, embellished Definition (of language) abstract, imaginative, or symbolic both the literal and figurative sense Synonyms symbolical, representative, abstract, allegorical, typical, tropical, imaginative, ornate, descriptive, fanciful, pictorial, metaphorical, flowery, florid, poetical, emblematical - flow
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Additional synonymsDefinition very ornate and extravagant the cast-iron fireplace and the florid ceiling Synonyms ornate, busy, flamboyant, baroque, fussy, embellished, flowery, overelaborate Definition extravagant or pretentious Many personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric. Synonyms extravagant, elaborate, pretentious, exaggerated, inflated, lofty, grandiose, overblown, florid, high-falutin (informal), arty-farty (informal), magniloquentHe writes pretentious, overwrought poetry. Synonyms overelaborate, contrived, overdone, flamboyant, baroque, high-flown, ornate, fussy, flowery, busy, rococo, florid, grandiloquent, euphuistic, overembellished, overornate He disgorges a stream of rhetorical flourishes. Synonyms high-flown, flamboyant, windy, flashy, pompous, pretentious, flowery, showy, florid, bombastic, hyperbolic, verbose, oratorical, grandiloquent, high-sounding, declamatory, arty-farty (informal), silver-tongued, magniloquent |