flowery+speech

  • 1flowery speech — is full of lovely words, but may well lack substance …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 2flowery speech —    Flowery speech is full of lovely words, but may well lack substance.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 3Flowery speech —   Flowery speech is full of lovely words, but may well lack substance …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 4flowery — flow|er|y [ˈflauəri] adj 1.) decorated with a pattern of flowers = ↑floral, flowered ↑flowered ▪ a flowery cotton dress 2.) a flowery place has a lot of flowers growing in it ▪ a flowery meadow 3.) a flowery smell or taste is strong and sweet,… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5flowery — [[t]fla͟ʊəri[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A flowery smell is strong and sweet. Amy thought she caught the faintest drift of Isabel s flowery perfume. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Flowery cloth, paper, or china has a lot of flowers printed or painted on it. The …

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  • 6flowery — adjective 1 decorated with pictures of flowers: a flowery pattern 2 flowery speech or writing uses complicated and rare words instead of simple clear language …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7flowery language — index rhetoric (skilled speech) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 8flowery — [adj] ornate, especially referring to speech or writing aureate, baroque, bombastic, declamatory, diffuse, embellished, euphemistic, euphuistic, fancy, figurative, florid, grandiloquent, high flown, magniloquent, ornamented, overwrought, prolix,… …

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  • 9flowery — ► ADJECTIVE 1) full of, decorated with, or resembling flowers. 2) (of speech or writing) elaborate …

    English terms dictionary

  • 10flowery — adj. 1 decorated with flowers or floral designs. 2 (of literary style, manner of speech, etc.) high flown; ornate. 3 full of flowers (a flowery meadow). Derivatives: floweriness n …

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