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ribboned

ribboned

3.7
Decorated with long narrow bands of cloth that hang or are tied
  • adjective
translation icon : decorado con cintas
  • Those hadn't changed, the boys in their short pants, the girls in their ribboned hats racing through the flower beds with complete disregard for the property.
  • ribboned hat

Examples

  • Instead, he reached both hands to yank it and the ribboned creature inside from the cage it rested upon.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • She was tiny, barely up to Abby's shoulder, like a child herself in her ribboned cornrows.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • That's kind of their blue ribboned, I guess, a business.

  • I took the ribboned box and listened carefully to her instructions for transferring it after her.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • It sits right at the base and provides these little ribbon details.

  • Their ribboned streamers, tasseled, slight,

    Fiction book (2002)
  • When I was paying the cab in front of the inn, two men with ribboned straw hats and white shirts that looked like smocks came up to me and offered me live birds for sale.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The present was wrapped in beautiful paper with a ribboned bow on top.

  • For her birthday party, she wore a ribboned dress that caught everyone's attention.

  • The gift box was ribboned elegantly, making it look even more special.

Synonyms

beribboned
vsribboned
1 6.5

An item like a hat or gift that has ribbons on it to look nicer

is used for decoration that uses narrow strips or arranges them like bands
decorated
vsribboned
2.7

Covered with small things that make something look more beautiful

is specific to ornaments made from narrow strips or arranged similarly
adorned
vsribboned
3.9

A thing with decorations like jewels or banners to make it look more beautiful

focuses on decorations made from narrow strips or arranged similarly

Antonyms

50 2.5

Not attractive to look at

6 5.1

Plain in appearance with no decoration

How Decorated

extravagant
26 6.0
ornate
  • Literature
26 7.0
decorated
2.7
ribboned
3.7
plain
208 1.0

Surface Forms

ribboned positive

Morphology

ribboned = ribbon (transparent) = ribbon + ed

A participial/adjectival '-ed' on the noun 'ribbon' yields 'decorated with ribbons', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Ribboned comes from ribbon, a 'long, narrow strip of cloth' used to decorate hats, boxes, and clothes, so imagine bright strips tied around things. So, something 'ribboned' is 'decorated with ribbons'.