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adorned

adorned

3.9
A thing with decorations like jewels or banners to make it look more beautiful
  • adjective
  • /əˈdɔrn/
translation icon : adornado
  • Instead, Joam's Vikings were likely closer to professional House Carls, troops who would have had a full kit richly adorned with carvings and gilding.

Let's go ahead and pair these headphones with my beautifully adorned iPhone.

Examples

  • Stone workers skillfully carved dwellings with open courtyards and adorned their entrances with elegant facades.

  • She wore a dress adorned with sequins that sparkled beautifully under the lights.

  • The bridge on either side is adorned with these two stone sort of obelisks things.

  • For those that can't see, we're all festively adorned in Christmas jumpers.

  • There's a medallion suspended from the heavy gold chain adorned with the head of Alexander the Great, Aristotle's student and patron.

  • The cake was beautifully adorned with fresh flowers and intricate icing designs.

  • The walls of the gallery were adorned with various pieces of modern art.

Synonyms

ornate
vsadorned
  • Literature
26 7.0

Using long, fancy words and complicated sentences that make writing hard to follow

is broader applying to physical or visual beautifying not only style
florid
vsadorned
  • Formal
3 8.6

Being very decorated and showy in style, often with many small details

refers to enhancing beauty or distinction without excess or showiness
tricked-out
vsadorned
  • Informal
1 8.3

Has extra decorations and changes to look exciting and get attention

focuses on tasteful beautifying rather than flashy changes
decorated
vsadorned
2.7

Covered with small things that make something look more beautiful

is the general term for the same act of beautifying
to dudded up
vsadorned
  • Archaic
8.2

To wear nice clothes for a special event

is used more generally to beautify objects or surfaces
dighted
vsadorned
  • Archaic
9.9

Dressed or decorated for a special event

is modern and neutral, not archaic or garment-focused

Antonyms

bare
217 2.2

Not covered or protected, showing the plain surface

unadorned
6 5.1

Plain in appearance with no decoration

How Decorative

ornate
  • Literature
26 7.0
elaborate
179 4.9
adorned
3.9
decorated
2.7
plain
50 2.5

Surface Forms

adorned positive

Morphology

adorned = adorn (transparent) = adorn + ed

Regular past-participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'adorn' using -ed; meaning 'decorated' is directly derived.

Etymology

Adorned comes from the Latin root ornare meaning 'to decorate', with the prefix ad- meaning 'to', so it first meant 'to add decoration'. You can see the same root in ornament and ornate, so something adorned is decorated to look more beautiful.