ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsFflorid
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florid
Meaning: excessively elaborate or flowery in style, or having a flushed reddish complexion
florid in a sentence
How florid is used in real sentences:
The critic mocked the novel's florid prose as overwritten and exhausting.
The speech was so florid, packed with elaborate metaphors, that the audience lost track of the main point.
“Chen also cut florid captions whose tangles of metaphor obscured the speakers’ actual experiences.”
— from the passage Voices Across Generations
Synonyms for florid
Other words for florid — ornate, flowery and ruddy — carry the same meaning.
- ornate
- flowery
- ruddy
Antonyms of florid
Words that mean the opposite of florid:
- plain
- simple
Where it comes from
From Latin floridus 'flowering, blooming'
Memory hook
FLORID sounds like FLORAL — overly decorated like a huge bouquet.