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flourishing

/ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/

verb

Meaning

  • To thrive or grow well.

    "The barley flourished in the warm weather."

  • To prosper or fare well.

    "The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business."

  • To be in a period of greatest influence.

    "His writing flourished before the war."

  • To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

  • To make bold, sweeping movements with.

    "They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace."

  • To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

  • To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.

  • To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.

  • To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.

  • To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.

  • To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

noun

Meaning

  • The action of the verb flourish; flowering.

adjective

Meaning

  • Growing, thriving, doing well

    "a flourishing economy"

Synonyms

fortunate,
prosperous,
successful