flourishing

comparative more flourishing · superlative most flourishing

1. Growing, thriving, prospering.

   a flourishing economy

   Synonyms: fortunate, prosperous, successful

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of flourish

plural flourishings

1. An act or instance of thriving or flowering.
2. A bold, sweeping movement.

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   Maud took an active part in the drive, and with her cries and flourishings of the broken oar was of considerable assistance. I noticed, though, that whenever one looked tired and lagged, she let it slip past. But I noticed, also, whenever one, with a show of fight, tried to break past, that her eyes glinted and showed bright, and she rapped it smartly with her club.

   1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

3. A period of greatest influence.
4. A boasting or bragging.
5. The brandishing of a weapon.