empurpled

An archaic or literary adjective meaning made purple or reddened, often used to describe something flushed or richly colored.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes oder literarisches Adjektiv, das bedeutet, purpurrot gemacht oder rot angelaufen zu sein; oft verwendet, um etwas stark Gerötetes oder reich Gefärbtes zu beschreiben.

1. Excessively elaborate or showily expressed C2 formal

   Describes language or style that is overly ornate, flowery, or pompous.

   • His empurpled prose made the simple story hard to follow.
   • The speech was full of empurpled metaphors and dramatic pauses.
   • She criticized the empurpled style of the novelist's later works.

   🇩🇪Übermäßig schwülstig

   Synonyme: bombasticfloridflowerygrandiloquenthigh-flowninflatedmagniloquentornateoverblownoverwroughtpompouspretentious

   Antonyme: plainsimpleunadornedunpretentious

• more empurpled comparative form
• most empurpled superlative form

An archaic or literary verb meaning to make or become purple in color.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes oder literarisches Verb mit der Bedeutung, etwas purpurrot zu färben oder selbst purpurrot zu werden.

1. To make or become purple C2 formal

   To turn something purple in color, or to become purple.

   • The setting sun empurpled the sky.
   • Her cheeks empurpled with embarrassment.
   • The dye empurpled the fabric beautifully.

   🇩🇪Purpur färben

   Synonyme: purplepurpurate

• empurpled past participle
• empurpled past simple
• empurpling present participle
• empurples third person singular