All florid synonyms
florΒ·id
F f adj florid
- flushed β a flushed bird or flock of birds.
- decorative β Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- baroque β Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
- flamboyant β strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- sonorous β giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.
- ornate β elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- glowing β incandescent.
- aureate β covered with gold; gilded
- busy β A busy time is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do.
- figurative β of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word βheadβ has several figurative senses, as in βShe's the head of the company.β. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- flowery β covered with or having many flowers.
- fussy β excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- grandiloquent β speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- high-flown β extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- luscious β highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- magniloquent β speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- ornamental β used or grown for ornament: ornamental plants.
- overblown β (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
- pretentious β characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- rhetorical β used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rich β having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- ornamented β (of a character) highly embellished or ornate; altered by embellishment.
- flush β a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
- pink β a vessel with a pink stern.
- rubicund β red or reddish; ruddy: a rubicund complexion.
- sanguine β cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- blowzy β fat, ruddy, and coarse-looking
- high-colored β deep in color; vivid.
adjective florid
- elaboration β The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- fancy β imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- ostentatious β characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- showy β making an imposing display: showy flowers.
- rococo β a style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc.
- extravagant β Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
- embellished β Simple past tense and past participle of embellish.
- euphuistic β Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- ruddy β of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
- red β John, c1460β1529, English poet.
- rosy β pink or pinkish-red; roseate.
- heightened β to increase the height of; make higher.
noun florid
- infrared β the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- garnet β Henry Highland, 1815β82, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist.
- fuchsia β a plant belonging to the genus Fuchsia, of the evening primrose family, including many varieties cultivated for their handsome drooping flowers.
- claret β Claret is a type of French red wine.
- bittersweet β If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones.
- copper β Copper is reddish-brown metal that is used to make things such as coins and electrical wires.
- ruby β a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- cerise β Something that is cerise is a bright pinkish red.
- wine β the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- vermilion β a town in N Ohio.