flowery

[ flou-uh-ree ]

/ ˈflaʊ ə ri /

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Definition of flowery

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR flowery

3 florid, showy, elaborate.

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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

flower power, flowers, flowers of sulfur, flowers of sulphur, flowers of tan, flowery, flowing, flowmeter, flown, flow-on, flow sheet

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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|DAILY BEAST
The Daily Pic: Becca Albee imagines a world of flowery front pages.
If It Blooms, It Leads|Blake Gopnik|October 11, 2013|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|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 flowersa flowery scent

(of language or style) elaborate; ornate

Derived forms of flowery

floweriness, noun

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flowery

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