LITEROSE Synonyms

• marked by complexity and richness of detail

• developed or executed with care and in minute detail

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• work out in detail

• elaborately or excessively ornamented

• inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

• of or relating to or suggestive of flowers

• marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details

• lofty in style

• puffed up with vanity

• pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)

• of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

• pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)

• lofty in style

• marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details

• puffed up with vanity

• past the stage of full bloom

• deeply agitated especially from emotion

• making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

• intended to attract notice and impress others

• (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

• a color between red and blue

• (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status

• (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes

• of a color intermediate between red and blue

• excessively elaborate or showily expressed

• belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

• become purple

• color purple

• of or relating to rhetoric

• given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought

• using or containing too many words

• using or containing too many words