floridness
- noun
- /ˈflɔːrɪdnəs/
- Formal
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floridez
- The floridness of his prose sometimes distracted from the story itself.
Examples
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Some readers appreciate the floridness of 19th-century literature, while others find it excessive.
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Critics often debate whether floridness adds charm or simply muddles the message.
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The floridness of her writing made it difficult to understand.
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His speech was filled with floridness that distracted the audience.
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Many find the floridness of the author's descriptions enchanting, while some believe it overwhelms the plot.
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The floridness of the wedding decorations created a lavish atmosphere that impressed all the guests.
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Her floridness in speech is often seen as a reflection of her vibrant personality.
Synonyms
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7.7
A very bright and fancy style that attracts attention in dress or manner
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8.6
Speech or writing that is too fancy and feels overdone
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9.9
Very fancy or showy language that does not sound honest and is hard to understand
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6.5
A style that is very bright or richly decorated to attract attention
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7.5
Things that are very bright or flashy and look unpleasant
A style of writing or speaking that uses many extra, fancy words
Speech or writing that uses big, fancy words to sound important
Language that tries to sound important but has little meaning
A thing or style with many decorative details
Careful, detailed work that has many small parts or decorations
A style that is very detailed and richly decorated, like old European churches
A lot of extra decoration that looks showy
A quality of being showy and loud in style that hides simple beauty
Antonyms
How Flowery
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word floridness comes from the same root as flower and floral, and the root flor- means 'flower'. So imagine speech or writing that is very 'flowery' and full of extra decorations — that image explains why floridness means being overly decorated or too fancy.