flowery

[ flou-uh-ree ]

/ ˈflaʊ ə ri /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR flowery ON THESAURUS.COM

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.

Origin of flowery

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at flower, -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR flowery

3 florid, showy, elaborate.

SEE SYNONYMS FOR flowery ON THESAURUS.COM

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

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for flowery

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
Annabel loved to drag my poor master in flowery chains before his relative.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
"Oh, I'm not expecting any flowery beds of ease," retorted Mary.
Mary Ware's Promised Land|Annie Fellows Johnston

Day after day of sunny weather lights up the flowery woods and Arcadian glades.
At Home And Abroad|Margaret Fuller Ossoli
But there is no lack now of flowery sweets for this buzzing colony.
Pastoral Days|William Hamilton Gibson
Accordingly the bride led her husband the next day to the flowery knoll, and bade him look through the self-bored stone.
More English Fairy Tales|Various

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	flowery
释义	flowery [ flou-uh-ree ] / ˈflaʊ ə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flowery ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Origin of flowery Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at flower, -y¹ SYNONYMS FOR flowery 3 florid, showy, elaborate. SEE SYNONYMS FOR flowery ON THESAURUS.COM 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flowery 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 Annabel loved to drag my poor master in flowery chains before his relative. Lazarre\|Mary Hartwell Catherwood "Oh, I'm not expecting any flowery beds of ease," retorted Mary. Mary Ware's Promised Land\|Annie Fellows Johnston Day after day of sunny weather lights up the flowery woods and Arcadian glades. At Home And Abroad\|Margaret Fuller Ossoli But there is no lack now of flowery sweets for this buzzing colony. Pastoral Days\|William Hamilton Gibson Accordingly the bride led her husband the next day to the flowery knoll, and bade him look through the self-bored stone. More English Fairy Tales\|Various 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flowery aureate, baroque, bombastic, declamatory, diffuse, euphemistic, fancy, figurative, florid, grandiloquent, high-flown, magniloquent, overwrought, prolix, purple, redundant, rhetorical, rococo, sonorous, swollen
随便看	ceiling ceilometer ceinture cel cela celadon celadonite celaeno celan celandine celandine poppy celanese celature celaya -cele celeb celebes celebes sea celebrant celebrate celebrated celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county, the celebration celebrex celebrity

flowery

adjective, flow·er·i·er, flow·er·i·est.

Origin of flowery

SYNONYMS FOR flowery

synonym study for flowery

OTHER WORDS FROM flowery

Words nearby flowery

Example sentences from the Web for flowery

British Dictionary definitions for flowery

adjective

Derived forms of flowery

Words related to flowery