Antonyms for efflorescent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ef-luh-res-uh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛf ləˈrɛs ənt

Definition of efflorescent

Origin : 1818, from Latin efflorescentem (nominative efflorescens), present participle of efflorescere (see effloresce).

As in emergent : adj resulting
As in floral : adj decorated with flowers

Example sentences :

In nothing is it akin to Isabella's efflorescent Plateresque-Gothic.
Extract from : « Heroic Spain » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

By careful evaporation, efflorescent prismatic crystals may be obtained, soluble in 41⁄2 parts of water.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

And then the long hotel piazza came in view, efflorescent with the full-toiletted fair.
Extract from : « Tales of the Argonauts » by Bret Harte

Their ordinary speech was ornate and efflorescent, throwing itself out in simile and hyperbole.
Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke » by Henry Burton

To be so near the reality, the literal flesh and blood of what had been a long series of efflorescent dreams, quite stirred him.
Extract from : « John Ermine of the Yellowstone » by Frederic Remington

In April the mating season would be over and the birds silent, a brooding stillness possess an efflorescent Eden.
Extract from : « Lincoln's Love Story » by Eleanor Atkinson

Their edges should be smeared with candle-grease, to prevent the salt creeping over them by efflorescent vegetation.
Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure

I hope these efflorescent days (if you have them) don't turn your stomach too much against the thick taste of the Julian broth.
Extract from : « The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II » by Henry James

Gilfoyle's forgotten affections came back to life, expanding and efflorescent.
Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes

This salt, in its efflorescent state, exists extensively in the limestone caves of Missouri and Arkansas.
Extract from : « Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Synonyms for efflorescent

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