flourishing

[flur-i-shing, fluhr-]

adjective

1. growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous.

   a flourishing little business.

Other Word Forms

• flourishingly adverb
• unflourishing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flourishing¹

A Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; flourish, -ing ²

Example Sentences

“Hallelujah,” Jin responded, according to Long, who interpreted the pastor’s reaction through the lens of Christianity’s history of flourishing under persecution.

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Another sign of progress is how Ms. Badenoch talks about reforms, which she frames as a matter of human flourishing and fairness.

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Is queer humanity just a transitory circus in years of flourishing and a graveyard in years of shriveling?

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She was also learning how to balance being a mother for the first time and her newfound, flourishing career.

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Mahan has two small children and a wife who’s flourishing in her career as an educator.

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• growing 
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• thriving