FLOWERED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in floral

of or relating to flowers a pretty tablecloth with a flowered border

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verb

past tense of flower

as in bloomed

to produce flowers the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms

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Resplendent in a dark top and flowered scarves, Jackie has his hair ratted out, creating a kind of nimbus around his poignant, ready-to-laugh face, which is powdered white, with shiny, metallic-looking paillettes around the eyes. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 At the Bruce McKittrick Rare Books Booth, all the purveyors wear flowered headbands. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026 Traditionally used in flower beds, borders, and containers, mounding wave varieties and smaller flowered superbells will put out consistent flowers in all colors from early spring until first frost. — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Apr. 2026 Double-flowered begonias, on the other hand, have lots of petals and are often compared to camellias or roses. — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026 The station, complete with flowered landscaping, is designed for women and features lightweight nozzles and hoses. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026 And amongst her friends, young wives and mothers didn't wear flowered frocks, and high heels around the house. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025

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And now EatFuti has flowered into the first-in-the-nation (to our understanding) State Fair food delivery service — a brand offshoot based, again, in solving a problem, this one much more personal. — Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 14 Aug. 2026 Staking helps protect tall or large-flowered dahlias from breakage and flopping over, especially after rain or strong wind. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026 Here's what the experts say happens, and what to do if your plant has already flowered. — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 15 May 2026 Trim after the plant has flowered to avoid removing the next season’s blooms. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 May 2026 Glass vases with metallic finishes of unnatural blue, green and gold are drowned in palm leaf motifs, ready to be flowered. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 But for a few shining decades around the turn of the 19th century, Hungary flowered, and nowhere more so than along Andrássy Avenue. — Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 Transplant amaryllis that flowered during the winter to the garden or grow in containers. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2026 This will happen about six weeks after the tulips have flowered. — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026

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Adjective

There’s a white lace boot with corset-like lacing in the back, blue sandals with soft colorful floral patterns, a lace demi-d’Orsay pump with a cluster of pearls on the vamp, and more styles.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
In Full Feather The best accessory was a feathery floral brooch.

— Irene Kim, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

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That early exchange helped establish a connection between the two that eventually bloomed into a four-year romance.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026
In Egypt, lotus blossoms crowned temples as symbols of rebirth, while in the Islamic world, marble arabesques bloomed across mosques to evoke paradise.

— Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of bloomed

Verb

But as the city blossomed — its population is now nearly 270,000 — the political culture remained fairly static.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Cam Schlittler, fresh off his first full season, is going to be named the American League Cy Young, and Brent Headrick and Paul Blackburn blossomed into high-leverage relievers.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026

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