How to use "florid" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "florid" in popular movie and book plots

  • Written in a florid style and set in Italy, the novella, which itself is entitled La sorellina ("The Little Sister" in Italian) proves to be a roman à clef.  - The Thibaults
  • This devastates the Prince's daughter, Concetta, who had formed a passionate attachment to her cousin, not unreasonably based on his florid demonstrations of affection; which he now forgoes in an instant.  - The Leopard (1963 film)
  • In their place he has four imaginary friends, the most important of whom is called Mr Green, a florid man who loves playing games and who lives in a wood that borders on the grounds of Abbots Puisannts.  - Giant's Bread
  • Sir Edward is described as a silly and very florid man, though handsome.  - Sanditon
  • A florid suite of raspberries interrupts his charming pedantry and he departs in a huff.  - Amarcord
  • He goes on to deduce that the victim died from poison and supplies a description of the murderer: six feet tall, disproportionately small feet, florid complexion, square toed boots, and smoking a Trichinopoly cigar.  - A Study in Scarlet
  • As Norman waits for Sir to come offstage after a typically florid closing address to the audience, we see one way he copes with his job as he takes a nip from a handy little bottle of brandy always in his back pocket.  - The Dresser (1983 film)

Example sentences for "florid" in interesting articles

  • The first is that it is dull, dull, dull in a pretentious, florid and archly fatuous fashion.  - How libraries decide which books to keep
  • An early 20th century Department of Agriculture report is florid in its despair: "For centuries the animal has been banned, and human ingenuity has been taxed to the utmost to suppress it," wrote David E.  - On the front lines of humanity’s high-tech war on rats
  • The issue wasn't just that sound would be difficult to synchronise, but that the images themselves, often florid and painterly, would be terminally compromised by the "complication" of sound.Some even link German's modern-day love of tranquility to Hitler's use of noise to champion his fascist agenda.  - How Germany's love of silence led to the first earplug
  • (The men in Vaillant’s books always have florid pseudonyms—Horace Lamb, Frederick Lion, Bill Loman, etc.) In several vignettes in the book, Vaillant presents Merton as an exemplar of how mature adaptations are a real-life alchemy, a way of turning the dross of emotional crises, pain, and deprivation into the gold of human connection, accomplishment, and creativity.  - What Makes Us Happy?
  • (The men in Vaillant’s books always have florid pseudonyms—Horace Lamb, Frederick Lion, Bill Loman, etc.) In several vignettes in the book, Vaillant presents Merton as an exemplar of how mature adaptations are a real-life alchemy, a way of turning the dross of emotional crises, pain, and deprivation into the gold of human connection, accomplishment, and creativity.  - What Makes Us Happy
  • (The men in Vaillant’s books always have florid pseudonyms—Horace Lamb, Frederick Lion, Bill Loman, etc.) In several vignettes in the book, Vaillant presents Merton as an exemplar of how mature adaptations are a real-life alchemy, a way of turning the dross of emotional crises, pain, and deprivation into the gold of human connection, accomplishment, and creativity.  - What Makes Us Happy? (2009)

Meaning of "florid" in English

  • inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
    Examples
    - Santa's rubicund cheeks
    - a fresh and sanguine complexion
  • elaborately or excessively ornamented
    Example
    - the senator's florid speech

Meaning of "florid" in Hindi

  • फूलदार ( Phuladar, phooladaar, fuladar)
  • रक्ताभ ( Raktabh, raktaabh)
  • लाल सुसज्जित ( Lal susajjit, laal susajjit, lal susazzit)
  • भडकीला ( Bhadakila, bhadakeelaa)
  • चमकदार ( Chamakadar, chamakadaar)
  • भड़कीला ( Bhadakila, bhadakeelaa)

Synonyms of "florid"

  • sanguine
  • ruddy
  • rubicund
  • aureate
  • flamboyant

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