gowned
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4.5
- adjective
- /ɡaʊnd/
- Formal
:
vestido
- During the wedding, the bride was stunning in her gowned attire, capturing the attention of all the guests.
Examples
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At the graduation ceremony, all the students were gowned in their black robes, ready to receive their diplomas.
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"Well, well, Dr. Montgomery is starting before noon," one of the gowned and hooded doctors quipped.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the other heaven, there are, you know, long white gowned ladies floating in the sky.
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A gowned and hooded Vinnie Amendola appeared.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her eyes scanned the room, coming to rest on two gowned and gloved men wearing protective goggles.
Fiction book (1991) -
Gowned and gloved, I sit on a stool beside Dinh's right hand.
Fiction book (2000) -
The College Meeting where I would be inducted into the Balliol Fellows and pledge my fealty to the College would be a gowned event as well.
Academic text (1999) -
" Gowned and masked, nurse Marianne Rodriguez peered down into the radiant warmer where tiny Sherman O'Banion had spent virtually every moment of his two and a half weeks on earth.
Fiction book (1995) -
The gowned volunteers prepared to serve dinner at the charity event, looking elegant in their formal dresses.
Synonyms
82
2.7
Wearing special formal clothes for a party or event
28
6.5
Wearing clothes of a certain kind
12
3.9
Wearing a certain kind of clothing or covered with a material
5
5.7
Wearing a long loose piece of clothing often used for ceremonies
3
7.6
Wearing very elegant formal clothes for a special occasion
1
5.4
Wearing special or formal clothes
1
1.0
Wearing special clothes for an occasion, for example a party
1
7.4
Wearing certain clothes, often formal or special
1
6.3
Dressed in smart, formal clothes for a special event
1
1.0
Wearing clothes to cover the body
Wearing special clothes for a ceremony, especially church robes
Wearing a long robe worn by priests or church leaders
Wearing full armor from head to toe
Dressed in fine clothes for a ceremony or formal event
Wearing fine clothes for a special event
To be dressed in fine or special clothes
Wearing fine or special clothes
Dressed or decorated for a special event
To wear nice clothes for a special event
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gowned comes from the simple word gown, which once meant a long outer 'robe' or formal 'dress' worn for ceremonies or special jobs. So, to be gowned is to be dressed in that robe, like patients in hospital gowns or graduates at a ceremony, which is why the word means 'wearing a gown'.