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- [flou-uh-ree]
- /ˈflaʊ ə ri/
- /ˈflaʊ.ə.ri/
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- [flou-uh-ree]
- /ˈflaʊ ə ri/
Definitions of flowery word
- adjective flowery covered with or having many flowers. 1
- adjective flowery decorated with floral designs. 1
- adjective flowery rhetorically ornate or precious: flowery language. 1
- adjective flowery resembling a flower in fragrance: a Rhine wine with a flowery aroma. 1
- noun flowery Full of, resembling, or smelling of flowers. 1
- adjective flowery floral patterned 1
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Origin of flowery
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at flower, -y1
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Parts of speech for Flowery
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
flowery popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
flowery usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flowery
adj flowery
- aureate — covered with gold; gilded
- baroque — Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- diffuse — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
adjective flowery
- ornate — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- extravagant — Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
- ornamental — used or grown for ornament: ornamental plants.
- embellished — Simple past tense and past participle of embellish.
- elaboration — The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
Antonyms for flowery
adj flowery
- plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- unembellished — to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
- flowery — covered with or having many flowers.
- unornate — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
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