flourishing

Pluralflourishings

1. 1
   adjective

   Growing strongly and doing very well.

   Like a plant that grows tall and strong with plenty of water and sun.

   The flourishing garden was full of bright, healthy flowers.

   They run a flourishing little bakery on the corner.

   Similarthriving, prosperous, booming, successful, burgeoning

   Oppositeailing

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of flourish. Use it after "is" or "are," or to name the action.

   The plants are flourishing in the warm spring weather.

   The boy ran beside the parade, flourishing a small flag over his head.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A time of growing and doing very well.

   Like a garden bursting into bloom all at once.

   The 1920s saw a flourishing of jazz music in the city.

   There was a real flourishing of new ideas after the war.

   Similarflowering, blossoming, boom, renaissance

   Oppositedecline

4. 4
   nouncountable

   A big, sweeping movement of the hand or body.

   Like a big wave of the hand when you say hello to someone far away.

   He opened the door with a grand flourishing of his arm.

   The dancer ended with a wide flourishing of both arms.

   Similarsweep, wave

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5. 5
   noun

   The time when someone or something was most active and powerful.

   Like the few summers when a fruit tree gives its biggest harvest.

   The painter's flourishing came in the years after he moved to Paris.

   The empire's flourishing lasted for about two centuries.

   Similarheyday, peak, prime, zenith

   Oppositedecline

6. 6
   noununcountable

   The act of waving a weapon around in the air.

   The guards were alarmed by the sudden flourishing of his sword.

   His angry flourishing of the knife scared everyone in the room.

   Similarbrandishing, waving

7. 7
   noununcountable

   Loud bragging or showing off.

   His constant flourishing about his money annoyed his friends.

   Nobody believed his flourishing about the huge fish he said he caught.

   Similarboasting, bragging, crowing, bluster

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