flowery
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aureate, florid, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-flown, high-sounding, magnific, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)
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News consumers have been treated to flowery eulogies, including a few exceptionally jarring ones, by former colleagues, political opponents, editors, technocrats. — Harish C Menon, Quartz India, "By only praising the dead politician, you are being the worst kind of fake," 26 Aug. 2019 Doris Weiserova, one year younger, sketched butterflies fluttering through a flowery meadow. — The Economist, "Historical memorials are not enough to stop anti-Semitism in Europe," 22 Aug. 2019 Its flowery aroma gives way to a lingering sweet kiss. — Andre Meunier, oregonlive.com, "10 more visited in 2019 Portland Breweries Series; here are their best beers," 14 Aug. 2019 Bordeaux, France, $14 Here’s a nice white Bordeaux, based on sauvignon blanc, with extra body from semillon (a classic Bordeaux blend) and a flowery note from muscadelle. — Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post, "Keep this $11 Argentine red handy for the next time you throw some burgers on the grill," 2 Aug. 2019 In a Cabinet where flowery praise of the President has become standard, Carson outdid himself. — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, "“I’m Winning”: Donald Trump’s Calculated Racism," 18 July 2019 The triceratops, which grew to about 6 feet tall, was a herbivore that likely fed on sycamore leaves and flowery plants, Bastien said. — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, "Dig complete, triceratops bones can now be found at Denver museum," 16 July 2019 Each of the products are designed to be unisex in both scent and packaging as well—no overly flowery or deeply woodsy notes here (plus most of the products are priced at under $20). — Tiffany Dodson, SELF, "I Sweat My Way Through Lululemon's New Line of Exercise-Friendly Beauty Products," 11 July 2019 Still, Trump has sought to praise Kim, who oversees an authoritarian government, in hopes of keeping the prospects of a deal alive, and the two have traded flowery letters in recent weeks. — Author: Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Anchorage Daily News, "Kim Jong Un accepts Trump’s invitation to meet at the Korean demilitarized zone," 30 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'flowery.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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