florid
Excessively decorated, showy
Florid describes something elaborately decorated or excessively ornate, often to the point of gaudiness: florid prose, florid architecture.
The word connects to flowers—something florid blooms with embellishment.
Applied to complexion, florid means ruddy or flushed, as if blood has rushed to the surface: His florid face suggested high blood pressure.
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
ornamental · decorative · intricate · ostentatious · lavish · opulent · sumptuous · resplendent
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- verboseMore words than necessary
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
effusive · extravagant · pompous · prolix · flowery · high-flown · magniloquent · turgid
Reddened from emotion
- ruddyReddish in complexion
- rosyPinkly warm or hopeful
- blushingFacial reddening from embarrassment
- red-facedShowing visible embarrassment
glowing · sanguine · reddish · crimson · scarlet · heated · feverish · suffused
Producing flowers now
- thrivingSucceeding vigorously
- blossomingBeginning to flower
- luxuriantAbundantly rich, profuse
- verdantLush with plants
burgeoning · effloresce · flowering · flush · vigorous · lush · abundant · exuberant
baroque
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
gilded · ornamental · decorative · intricate · ostentatious · lavish · opulent · sumptuous · resplendent · grandiose
grandiloquent
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- verboseMore words than necessary
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
overwrought · effusive · extravagant · pompous · prolix · flowery · high-flown · magniloquent · turgid · ornamental
flushed
Reddened from emotion
red-faced · glowing · sanguine · reddish · crimson · scarlet · heated · feverish · suffused · inflamed
blooming
Producing flowers now
- thrivingSucceeding vigorously
- blossomingBeginning to flower
- luxuriantAbundantly rich, profuse
verdant · burgeoning · effloresce · flowering · flush · vigorous · lush · abundant · exuberant · prolific
- bombastbombast, grandiloquence, magniloquence, pomposity, fustian
- decoratedadorned, bedecked, decorated, embellished, festooned
- embarrassmentembarrassed, blush, humiliated, mortify, mortified
- flashyshowy, flamboyant, glitzy, gaudy, garish
- ornateornate, elaborate, embellished, decorative, ornamental
- speaking stylesarticulate, blunt, candid, conversational, casual
floridplain
Basic and unremarkable
unadorned · matter-of-fact · straightforward · direct · spare
- Florida climateSoutheastern peninsula's weather patterns
- floral arrangementPurposefully composed cut blooms
- floral patternDecorative design depicting flowers
- Florida pantherRare southeastern American cougar
- flora and faunaAll living organisms
- Florida citrusSubtropical fruit from the peninsula
flora, floral, Florida, florist, floret, Florence, efflorescence, floridness, floridly