flowery

[ flou-uh-ree ]

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adjective,flow·er·i·er, flow·er·i·est.

covered with or having many flowers.
decorated with floral designs.

rhetorically ornate or precious: flowery language.
resembling a flower in fragrance: a Rhine wine with a flowery aroma.

Origin of flowery

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at flower, -y¹

synonym study For flowery

3. See bombastic.

Other words for flowery

3	florid, showy, elaborate

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Other words from flowery

flow·er·i·ly, adverb
flow·er·i·ness, noun
un·flow·er·y, adjective

Words Nearby flowery

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How to use flowery in a sentence

Mice infected with dengue or Zika viruses — and people infected with dengue — emit a flowery, orange-smelling chemical that tempts hungry mosquitoes, researchers report June 30 in Cell.
The flowery scent of a Zika or dengue infection lures mosquitoes | Erin Garcia de Jesús | July 11, 2022 | Science News
This explains the crumpled look of his beautiful red velvet suit paired with cowboy boots and a flowery style shirt.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum | Liza Foreman | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Daily Pic: Becca Albee imagines a world of flowery front pages.
If It Blooms, It Leads | Blake Gopnik | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Instead of just lecturing everyone in his vague flowery language, he should put some specific proposals on the table.
Does Pawlenty Have a Prayer? | Howard Kurtz | April 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Literally and figuratively, their lives seemed to wander through flowery pleasure-paths.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

They wound through the flowery labyrinth whose mazes were her care and delight.
Alone | Marion Harland
The Arab bowed low before the bishop and Bouillon, and muttered some flowery compliments in his own tongue.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
She was a tiny thing, in a marvellous frock and a flowery hat and a silver girdle and chatelaine.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland | Kate Douglas Wiggin
None of your vales, nor your dews and your roses—and your flowery fields, and your myrtle groves.
The Hubble-Shue | Christian Carstairs

British Dictionary definitions for flowery

flowery

/ (ˈflaʊərɪ) /

adjective

abounding in flowers
decorated with flowers or floral patterns

like or suggestive of flowers: a flowery scent
(of language or style) elaborate; ornate

Derived forms of flowery

floweriness, noun

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