Dictionary

flourishing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/ (New-York-City, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. Growing, thriving, prospering.
   • a flourishing economy

Forms

Deriveds

flourishingly · unflourishing

Synonyms

prosperous · fortunate · successful

Translations (10)

grc εὐθαλής (growing, thriving) · nb blomstrende (growing, thriving) · da blomstrende (growing, thriving) · mi haemata (growing, thriving) · ga faoi mhaise (growing, thriving) · de blühend (growing, thriving) · ga rafar (growing, thriving) · ga faoi rath (growing, thriving) · ota عمران (growing, thriving) · ga faoi bhláth (growing, thriving)

flourishing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/ (New-York-City, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. An act or instance of thriving or flowering.
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. 1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
3. A period of greatest influence.
4. A boasting or bragging.
5. The brandishing of a weapon.

Forms

Deriveds

card flourishing

flourishing en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/ (New-York-City, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of flourish
   form of flourish