Antonyms of adj flowery

1 of 2 senses of flowery

Sense 2
flowery, ornate -- (marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton)

INDIRECT (VIA rhetorical) -> unrhetorical -- (not rhetorical)

Similarity of adj flowery

2 senses of flowery

Sense 1
flowery -- (of or relating to or suggestive of flowers; "a flowery hat"; "flowery wine")

Sense 2
flowery, ornate -- (marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton)
       => rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical) -- (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery")