Entry Word: flowery

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 full of fine words and fancy expressions <the flowery verses that always appear on valentines>

Synonyms florid, grandiloquent, highfalutin, high-flown, high-sounding

Related Words affected, grandiose, inflated, pompous, pretentious, stilted; excessive, flattering, fulsome; boastful, bombastic; elevated, eloquent, lofty

Near Antonyms prosaic, unpoetic; bald, direct, matter-of-fact, plain, plainspoken, simple, stark, straightforward, unadorned; natural, unaffected, unpretentious

2 of or relating to flowers <Motherʼs Day cards typically have a flowery design on the cover> — see floral