floweriness

Definition of flowerinessnext

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Noun
  • Even setting aside the loftiness of these goals, investors should be aware of the potential dilution implied if any meaningful portion of these tranches vest.
    David Trainer, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • Griffith’s own work looks stiff and sentimental, weighed down with melodrama and grandiosity that may have seemed dated even in 1915.
    Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • People with bipolar disorder cycle through extended periods of mania and depression, often accompanied by grandiosity or elevated self-esteem during manic phases.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • His genius was giving everything just enough of a comic edge to nullify pomposity.
    Time, Time, 10 June 2026
  • Wagner’s humor deflates pomposity, and gives you permission to trust your own palate first.
    Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • From here the route winds south past the town of Telluride, with its legendary skiing and film, jazz and bluegrass festivals, and out to Mesa Verde National Park, where Puebloan people carved gorgeous cliff dwellings in the buttes and gorges.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
  • The ongoing diversification of the American populace ensures that Latin American rhythms, jazz subgenres and electronic innovations will continue to redefine what the nation will sound like moving forward.
    Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Advertisement Jones uses his antihero’s blunt self-appraisals to avoid the pretentiousness endemic to stories about artists.
    Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026
  • There's no pretentiousness or rigid formality, but the service, food, and wine are top-notch.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • The post-1945 explosion in birth rates coincided with the rise of the television age and the profusion of social science claptrap to serve and soothe a nation anxious in its affluence.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That’s in contrast with Andrew’s lexicon of touchy-feely claptrap, all seemingly declarations of support and empathy but, ultimately, hollow.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Floweriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floweriness. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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