 empurpled |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] made purple especially as with suffused blood | |
| Synonyms: | purple | |
| Examples: | "empurpled with rage" "purple with suppressed anger" |
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| Related terms: | colored | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] excessively elaborate or showily expressed | |
| Synonyms: | over-embellished purple embellished | |
| Examples: | "a writer of empurpled literature" "many purple passages" "speech embellished with classical quotations" "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away" |
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| Related terms: | rhetorical | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (color) a chromatic color between red and blue | |
| Synonyms: | purple purpleness | |
| Related terms: | chromatic_color violet mauve reddish_purple purple | |
| Similar spelling: |
empurple |
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