HyperDic: empurpled

English > 1 sense of the word empurpled:
ADJECTIVEallempurpled, over-embellished, purpleexcessively elaborate or showily expressed
English > empurpled: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningexcessively elaborate or showily expressed.
Example"a writer of empurpled literature"
Synonymsover-embellished, purple
BroaderrhetoricalGiven to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
Spanishampuloso, florido, hinchado
Catalanampulós, florit, inflat

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