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flourishing

Syllables: flour·ish·ing/ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/US/ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/

flourishing adjective: growing, thriving, prospering. Also the present participle and gerund of flourish.

Adjective

flourishing (comparative more flourishing, superlative most flourishing)

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

Noun

flourishing (plural flourishings)

  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...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.

Also used as

flourishing is also the present participle and gerund of flourish.

flourishing meaning in Nepali

flourishing in Nepali

फस्टाउँदै

Examples of flourishing in a sentence

  • Experiment with advanced techniques and tools such as flourishing, fauxligraphy, depth effects, watercolor, paint brushes, and more.
  • Its their vision or at least the vision of whom they represent that accommodates the flourishing artographers.
  • Foodstuffs were rationed and, as in other countries in a similar situation, the black market was flourishing.

All 21 example sentences with flourishing

Synonyms of flourishing

Forms of flourishing

Adjective
comparativemore flourishing
superlativemost flourishing
Noun
pluralflourishings

Words formed from flourishing

Questions about flourishing

What does flourishing mean?
Flourishing means growing, thriving, prospering.
What is flourishing in Nepali?
Flourishing in Nepali is फस्टाउँदै. See Flourishing meaning in Nepali.
What part of speech is flourishing?
Flourishing can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce flourishing?
Flourishing is pronounced /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/ (US).

Words near flourishing in the dictionary

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  4. flourishest
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  7. flourishingly
  8. flourishings
  9. flourishly
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  11. flourishments

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