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buttoned

buttoned

1.0
Fastened with small round sewn pieces on clothes
  • adjective
  • /ˈbʌtənd/
translation icon : abotonado
  • He says he wore a Derby hat and a black overcoat buttoned across the chest.

He says he wore a Derby hat and a black overcoat buttoned across the chest.

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Examples

  • These cardigans will mainly be V-neck buttoned at the front, and then we have big side pockets.

  • I'm just going to slack my hair, buttoned up my shirt and here I am.

  • OK, it's a hot mess buttoned up, but apart, it's fabulous, darling, it's fabulous.

  • For a lot of women, we are buttoned up business minded boss energy and that is not attractive to most men.

  • And then this just buttoned down with a fuzzy shirt.

  • There's like this facade of a being like a like a buttoned up a little straight.

  • He says he wore a Derby hat and a black overcoat buttoned across the chest.

  • It's a clean buttoned up look and the next time I met up with them, I, I drove the car, the hoodie AT shirt and like some sneakers.

  • He wore a stylish jacket that was buttoned all the way to the top, giving him a polished appearance.

  • The dress was beautifully designed, featuring a buttoned front that added a touch of elegance.

Synonyms

fastened
vsbuttoned
1.3

Kept closed so it does not open or move

uses small round closures made of cloth or plastic instead of those devices
zippered
vsbuttoned
  • US
3.0

Having a line of teeth you pull to open and close things

uses small round closures rather than a sliding joining strip

Antonyms

2 1.3

Clothing with its buttons left open

Compounds

A reserved, formal way of behaving that hides feelings

How Fastened

buttoned
1.0
unbuttoned
2 1.3

Surface Forms

buttoned positive

Morphology

buttoned = button (transparent) = button + ed

Regular past-participial adjective formed from the verb 'button', meaning is directly derived from 'button' + -ed.

Etymology

The word buttoned comes from button, which originally meant a small 'bud' or 'knob', like a little round bit on clothing. So, to be buttoned is to be closed or 'fastened' with those small knobs.