flowery

[ flou-uh-ree ]
/ ˈflaʊ ə ri /
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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.

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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 FROM flowery

flow·er·i·ly, adverbflow·er·i·ness, nounun·flow·er·y, adjective

Words nearby flowery

flowerpot, flowers, flowers of sulfur, flowers of sulphur, flowers of tan, flowery, flowing, flowmeter, flown, flowstone, flowy
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Words related to flowery

aureate, baroque, bombastic, declamatory, diffuse, euphemistic, fancy, figurative, florid, grandiloquent, high-flown, magniloquent, overwrought, prolix, purple, redundant, rhetorical, rococo, sonorous, swollen

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British Dictionary definitions for flowery

flowery
/ (ˈflaʊərɪ) /

adjective

abounding in flowers
decorated with flowers or floral patterns
like or suggestive of flowersa flowery scent
(of language or style) elaborate; ornate

Derived forms of flowery

floweriness, noun
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