Chapter Flawy to Fluster of F by Soule's Synonymes

3. Ornate, rhetorical, figurative, highly embellished.

Florist, n. Floriculturist.

Flotsam, Flotson, n. Floating wreckage.

Flounce, v. n.

1. Fling, wince, fly into violent motions (as an animal in a passion). See fling, v. n.

2. Toss about. See flounder.

Flounce, n.

1. Jerk, spring.

2. Frill (on a gown, etc.), furbelow.

Flounder, v. n. Struggle (as an animal in the mire), toss, tumble, wallow, flounce, toss about.

Flounder, n. Flowk, fluke, turbot (Pleuronectes or Platessa flesus).

Flour-box, n. Dredging-box, dredge-box, flour-dredge.

Flour-dredge, n. Dredging-box, flour-box, dredge-box.

Flourish, v. n.

1. Thrive, grow.

2. Prosper, succeed, be successful, go on well.

3. Boast, brag, vaunt, vapor, gasconade, bluster, make a show, be ostentatious, show off, cut a dash, make a flourish.

4. Attain one’s prime, be at the height of one’s powers, be in vigor, exercise one’s full powers.

Flourish, v. a. Brandish, wave.

Flourish, n.

1. Ostentation, parade, show, display, dash.

2. Bombast, grandiloquence, altiloquence, fustian, flowery speech, high-sounding words.

3. Fanciful strokes (of a pen, etc.).