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flowery

[flou-uh-ree] / ˈflaʊ ə ri /
ADJECTIVE
ornate, especially referring to speech or writing
Synonyms
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aureate baroque bombastic declamatory diffuse embellished euphemistic euphuistic fancy figurative florid grandiloquent high-flown magniloquent ornamented overwrought prolix purple redundant rhetorical rococo sonorous swollen verbose windy wordy
Antonyms
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inelaborate plain unembellished unflowery unornate

Example Sentences

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He took a final steadying breath and walked past a group of women in flowery skirts and several college-aged kids who looked like they hadn’t slept in days.

From Literature

Because of this, she dressed in "soft, flowery, not particularly fashion-forward" clothes.

From BBC

Frills of flowery orange silk tumbled to the floor, the glossy fabric whispering about me.

From Literature

She was convinced most people were sheep — including those who loved the flowery writing and cheesy romance plots of her novels.

From Los Angeles Times

He has proposed marriage to her in the most flowery terms, but I am sure he is only after her fortune.

From Literature

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.