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--v. 2 fling, toss, bounce, twist, strut, toss, parade, march,
storm, stamp, US sashay: She flounced out of the room in high
dudgeon.
flounder v. grope, blunder, stumble, tumble, struggle, stagger, plunge
about: We floundered about in the dark till someone found the
light switch.
flourish v. 1 prosper, thrive, grow, develop, luxuriate, bloom, blossom,
flower, bear fruit, fructify, boom, burgeon or bourgeon, mature,
ripen, increase, succeed, get ahead, do or fare well, make good;
go up or rise in the world; Slang go great guns: We understand
that Amy's medical practice has flourished. 2 wave, wield,
brandish, wag, swing, twirl, flaunt, vaunt, swagger, swish,
shake: The band-leader flourished his baton.
--n. 3 decoration, embellishment, floridness, floweriness,
ornamentation, elaboration, adornment, frill, embroidery,
curlicue, furbelow: His signature is characterized by all these
flourishes. 4 fanfare, display, show, showiness, dash,
gesturing, wave: With a flourish of his hand, the king
signalled the tourney to begin.
flourishing
adj. luxuriant, lush, thriving, prospering, blooming,
blossoming, fruitful, flowering, burgeoning or bourgeoning,
successful, prosperous, booming, growing, increasing: Patel
runs a flourishing flower shop in Bicester.
flout v. deride, scorn, disdain, contemn, spurn, decry, denounce,
misprize, blaspheme, depreciate, degrade, abase, belittle,
minimize, deprecate, disparage, denigrate, mock, jeer, guy,
ridicule, scoff, sneer, gibe or jibe (at), taunt, twit, insult,
affront, Archaic fleer; Colloq put down, chaff, rag, knock:
When introduced in the sixties, miniskirts brazenly flouted
convention.
flow v. 1 stream, pour, run, rush, course, surge, move, go, proceed,
progress, drift; gush, glide, purl, roll, ripple, trickle,
gurgle, bubble; swirl, whirl, circulate: People continue to
flow past the window. The Thames flows silently to the sea. 2
rush, gush, surge, well (forth), stream, spring, issue, spout,