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well-appointed

well-appointed

4 4.5
A room or house that has good furniture and useful, attractive features
  • adjective
  • /ˌwɛl əˈpɔɪntɪd/
translation icon : bien equipado
  • This luxurious hotel offers well-appointed rooms with breathtaking views of the ocean.
  • well-appointed room
  • well-appointed office
  • well-appointed home

Examples

  • The newly renovated apartment features a well-appointed kitchen equipped with modern appliances.

  • Most VIP travelers don't fly commercial airlines anymore; they travel in well-appointed, luxurious corporate or private jets, with attentive service.

    Blog text (32)
  • It's a luxurious, well appointed mansion.

  • Their marriage was conventional... ...like their well-appointed house.

  • Beyond was a machine shop, well-appointed and ringing with busy and successful labor.

    Academic text (2004)
  • A successful-looking doctor sits behind a desk in a well-appointed office.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Students expect gymnasiums, computers, and well-appointed dormitories.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Her well-appointed home and comfortable lifestyle (no mention is ever made about money worries or problems) mark her as relatively wealthy.

    Academic text (2013)
  • A well-appointed big-city law office filled with citations of merit and pictures of a wife and child.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • One spring evening in 1979, in the city of Los Angeles, Mrs. O. Watanabe was walking her Pekingese down a street of well-appointed homes.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

well-found
vswell-appointed
6.8

Has all the tools and supplies needed

includes attractive furnishings as well as complete necessary equipment
appointed
vswell-appointed
4.1

Furnished and decorated in a pleasant way

also stresses having complete and attractive equipment not only style
furnished
vswell-appointed
2.6

A room or house that has furniture and basic things you need to live in

adds an attractive, stylish quality beyond mere supply

How Equipped

luxurious
62 5.6
well-appointed
4 4.5
equipped
4.0
basic
144 1.0

Surface Forms

well-appointed positive

Morphology

well-appointed = appointed (semi-transparent) = well + appoint + ed

The form 'well' + past participle is clear, but 'appointed' is often understood as 'assigned' rather than 'furnished', so the specific sense 'well-furnished' may not be obvious to learners.

Etymology

The word well-appointed comes from well and appoint, where appoint once meant 'to provide' or 'to set up'. So a well-appointed room is one that is 'well provided' and 'well equipped' with good furniture and features.