Synonyms for

Flowery

Verb / ˈflaʊɜ:i: / Another word for flowery — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

having a lot of flowers or decorated with flowers; using too many complicated and fancy words or phrases

Synonyms & similar words

ornate floral ornate fancy elaborate busy overblown excessive overdone verbose wordy grandiloquent ostentatious pretentious bombastic high-flown inflated overwrought rococo baroque fussy

Example sentences

  1. The cake was decorated with flowery frosting.
  2. She wrote a flowery poem about the ocean.
  3. The speech was full of flowery language.
  4. The curtains had a flowery pattern.
  5. The dress was covered in flowery embroidery.

Quotes

  • The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition. -Honore de Balzac
  • Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth's lips spoken without sound. -Edwin Curran
  • I must have flowers, always, and always. -Claude Monet

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