florid

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adjective

1. Of a healthy reddish color: blooming, flush, flushed, full-blooded, glowing, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine. See colors/colorless.
2. Elaborately and heavily ornamented: baroque, flamboyant, ornate, rococo. See plain/fancy.

adj

Definition: flushed, ruddy
Antonyms: pale, pallid, white

adj

Definition: very elaborate
Antonyms: inelaborate, natural, plain, undecorated, unornate

Term used particularly in vocal music in the 18th century to refer either to passage-work (previously called ‘divisions’) or to the use of ornaments.

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Highly ornate; extremely rich to the point of overdecoration.

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IN BRIEF: Flushed with red.

When he tripped over his own foot, his face became florid with anger.

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For a list of words related to florid, see:

• Healthy, fit, bright, or strong
• Excessive, Mad, Insane, or Radical

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See words rhyming with "florid."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Florid.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rødmosset, overlæsset, blomstret

Nederlands (Dutch)
bloemrijk, roodachtig, volkomen ontwikkeld (ziektebeeld), uitbundig versierd, emotioneel/ seksueel hartstochtelijk, sterk gekleurd

Français (French)
adj. - fleuri, orné à l'excès, coloré (le teint)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - überladen, blumig, rot

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανθηρός, γεμάτος στολίδια, καταστόλιστος, ερυθρωπός, ροδαλός, εξεζητημένου (εκφραστικού) ύφους

Italiano (Italian)
florido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - rebuscado

Русский (Russian)
красный, нездоровый румянец, цветистый, напыщенный, вычурный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - florido, ornamentado, recargado, rojo (cara)

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - blomstrande (äv. bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
华丽的, 红润的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 華麗的, 紅潤的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 혈색이 좋은, (문체가) 화려한, 장미빛의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 華麗な, 飾り立てた, 赤らんだ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مزخرف , متورد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נמלץ, סמוק, אדום, מליצי‬

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