Flourishing

//ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act or instance of thriving or flowering.
  2. 2
    A bold, sweeping movement.

    "Maud took an active part in the drive, and with her cries and flourishings of the broken oar was of considerable assistance. I noticed, though, that whenever one looked tired and lagged, she let it slip past. But I noticed, also, whenever one, with a show of fight, tried to break past, that her eyes glinted and showed bright, and she rapped it smartly with her club."

  3. 3
    A period of greatest influence.
  4. 4
    A boasting or bragging.
  5. 5
    The brandishing of a weapon.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of flourish form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Growing, thriving, prospering.

    "a flourishing economy"

Adjective
  1. 1
    very lively and profitable wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
successfulabundantbalmybloomingblossomingbooming

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"Your business is flourishing, I hear."

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