Florid. Flowery; flushed, rubicund; ornate, rhetorical, figurative, embellished; overwrought, sanguine, meretricious.
Ant. Pallid, exsanguine; bloodless, anemic, unadorned, bare, sober, nude, chaste.
Flounder. Struggle, toss, wallow, tumble, flounce; roll, blunder, bungle.
Ant. Emerge, course, career, speed, rise, skim, flourish.
Flourish. Thrive, grow; prosper, succeed, be successful; vapor, boast, brag, vaunt, bluster, show off; attain one’s prime, be in vigor; brandish, wave; speed, triumph.
Ant. Fail, decline, fade, arrest, founder, miscarry; sheath, ground.
Flow. Stream, run, pour, roll on, sweep along; melt, liquefy, be molten; issue, emanate, proceed, come, grow, arise, follow, spring, result; glide, wave, undulate, float, waver, abound, be full, flood, deluge, overflow; career, progress, course.
Ant. Halt, stick, stop, hesitate, fail, stickle, stint, beat, recoil, ebb, regurgitate; stagnate.
Flower, n. Blossom, bloom; best part; prime, vigor; figure, expression; perfection, acme, ornament, pride, gem, cream.
Ant. Deformity, disappointment, blot, abortion; blight; scum; dregs.