Synonyms of florid

florid

adjective

1

as in ornate

elaborately and often excessively decorated

a florid, gilded mirror that took up most of the wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ornate
• baroque
• overwrought
• extravagant
• adorned
• decorated
• ornamented
• gilt
• loud
• bedizened
• overdecorated
• gilded
• rococo
• gingerbread
• lacy
• showy
• gaudy
• garish
• flamboyant
• dressed
• elaborate
• tawdry
• gingerbready
• fussy
• ostentatious
• spectacular
• flowery
• pretentious
• swank
• flashy
• glitzy
• gingerbreaded
• arabesque
• frilly
• enriched
• embroidered
• trimmed
• extreme
• splashy
• embellished
• bedaubed
• bedecked
• swanky
• laced
• heightened
• decked
• wreathed
• arrayed
• enhanced
• bejeweled
• fringed
• intensified
• garnished
• garlanded
• bejewelled
• beautified
• sequined
• emblazoned
• flounced
• embossed
• chased
• sequinned
• bossed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• severe
• austere
• plain
• unadorned
• stark
• naked
• modest
• bare
• simple
• exposed
• stripped
• unpretentious
• denuded
• unassuming
• understated
• restrained
• uncovered
• tasteful
• conservative
• subdued
• muted
• unobtrusive
• quiet
• toned-down

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• severe
• austere
• plain
• unadorned
• stark
• naked
• modest
• bare
• simple
• exposed
• stripped
• unpretentious
• denuded
• unassuming
• understated
• restrained
• uncovered
• tasteful
• conservative
• subdued
• muted
• unobtrusive
• quiet
• toned-down

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2

as in rhetoric

full of fine words and fancy expressions

gave a florid speech in honor of the queen's visit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetoric
• ornate
• rhetorical
• purple
• flowery
• grandiloquent
• eloquent
• aureate
• hifalutin
• high-flown
• highfalutin
• high-sounding
• boastful
• excessive
• grandiose
• bombastic
• pretentious
• inflated
• fulsome
• bloated
• pompous
• stilted
• affected
• magnific
• flattering
• fancy-pants
• bookish
• inkhorn
• lofty
• learned
• elevated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prosaic
• unpoetic
• plain
• unadorned
• simple
• stark
• direct
• straightforward
• spare
• bald
• lean
• plainspoken
• unpretentious
• unaffected
• natural
• matter-of-fact

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• prosaic
• unpoetic
• plain
• unadorned
• simple
• stark
• direct
• straightforward
• spare
• bald
• lean
• plainspoken
• unpretentious
• unaffected
• natural
• matter-of-fact

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3

as in glowing

having a healthy reddish skin tone

a man with a florid complexion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glowing
• ruddy
• rubicund
• red
• tanned
• rosy
• sanguine
• warm
• blooming
• flush
• blowsy
• blushing
• brown
• pink
• full-blooded
• flushed
• blowzy
• bronzed
• pinkish
• suntanned
• bloomy
• cherubic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lurid
• pallid
• pale
• ashen
• sallow
• palish
• pasty
• doughy
• mealy
• wan
• livid
• peaky
• white
• waxen
• waxy
• ashy
• peaked
• sickly
• blanched
• paled
• anemic
• whitened
• sallowish
• sick
• bloodless
• cadaverous
• whey-faced
• white-faced

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• lurid
• pallid
• pale
• ashen
• sallow
• palish
• pasty
• doughy
• mealy
• wan
• livid
• peaky
• white
• waxen
• waxy
• ashy
• peaked
• sickly
• blanched
• paled
• anemic
• whitened
• sallowish
• sick
• bloodless
• cadaverous
• whey-faced
• white-faced

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