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flowery

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of flowery

1 full of fine words and fancy expressions

the flowery verses that always appear on valentines

Synonyms of flowery

florid, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-flown, high-sounding, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)

Words Related to flowery

affected, bloated, fancy-pants, grandiose, inflated, pompous, pretentious, stilted

excessive, flattering, fulsome

boastful, bombastic

elevated, eloquent, lofty

bookish, inkhorn, learned

Near Antonyms of flowery

prosaic, unpoetic

bald, direct, lean, matter-of-fact, plain, plainspoken, simple, spare, stark, straightforward, unadorned

natural, unaffected, unpretentious

2 of or relating to flowers

Mother's Day cards typically have a flowery design on the cover.

Synonyms of flowery

floral, flowered

Words Related to flowery

abloom, blossomy, floriferous

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