floweriness
Overly decorative quality
Floweriness is the quality of being excessively ornate or elaborate, especially in language.
Flowery prose overflows with decorative words and figures of speech at the expense of directness: The floweriness of Victorian love letters can feel overwrought to modern readers.
The term is usually mildly critical, suggesting style has overwhelmed substance.
Elaborately decorated
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- purple proseOverly elaborate, emotional writing
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
magniloquent · highfalutin · turgid · tumid · inflated · overwrought · embellished · overwritten
Tedious lengthiness in speech
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- loquaciousnessExcessive inclination to chatter
- diffusenessExcessive, unfocused expression
verbiage · discursiveness · expansiveness · long-windedness · rambling · effusiveness · redundancy · pleonasm
Arranged cluster of blooms
- fragrancePleasing olfactory quality
- aromaPleasant distinctive smell
- scentAirborne odor detected
- perfumedTreated with fragrance
bloom · blossoming · petals · nectar · potpourri · rosewater · botanical · garden
Inflated beyond reasonable proportion
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
gaudy · garish · overdone · overelaborate · overwrought · fussy · overdecorated · cluttered
ornate
Elaborately decorated
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- purple proseOverly elaborate, emotional writing
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
bombastic · magniloquent · highfalutin · turgid · tumid · inflated · overwrought · embellished · overwritten · fustian
prolixity
Tedious lengthiness in speech
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- loquaciousnessExcessive inclination to chatter
diffuseness · verbiage · discursiveness · expansiveness · long-windedness · rambling · effusiveness · redundancy · pleonasm · padding
bouquet
Arranged cluster of blooms
perfumed · bloom · blossoming · petals · nectar · potpourri · rosewater · botanical · garden · essence
overblown
Inflated beyond reasonable proportion
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- showyExcessively eye-catching
flamboyant · gaudy · garish · overdone · overelaborate · overwrought · fussy · overdecorated · cluttered · busy
flowerinessplainness
Unadorned, straightforward quality
simplicity · directness · plainspokenness · terseness · bluntness
flower, flourish, flora, flowery, floral, florid, florist, flowerier, efflorescence