flourish
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(noun) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" |
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Synonyms: fanfare |
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Related Words: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune |
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| 2. |
(noun) the act of waving |
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Synonyms: brandish |
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Related Words: wafture, wave, waving |
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(noun) a display of ornamental language |
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Related Words: grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, rhetoric |
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(noun) a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish" |
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Related Words: gesticulation, gesture, motion |
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(verb) move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun." |
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Synonyms: brandish, wave |
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Related Words: displace, move, wigwag |
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(verb) gain in wealth |
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Synonyms: fligh high, prosper, thrive |
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Related Words: change state, turn |
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(verb) grow stronger; "The economy was booming" |
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Synonyms: boom, expand, get ahead, prosper, thrive |
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Related Words: grow, luxuriate, revive |
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