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Meaning of empurpled

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

empurpled

Pronunciation:

verb

Definitions

  1. To make purple.

  2. To enrage or anger, referring to making the face purple or red with blood.

  3. Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy; to embellish unduly.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Made purple, especially having a purple complexion because of rage etc.

    Example: 2004. "Intended as ironic, this remark empurpled the anti-anti-Communists who predominated on the intellectual left." —Christopher Hitchens. "Susan Sontag: Remembering an intellectual heroine." http//www.slate.com/id/2111506

  2. (of a text) over-embellished or flowery