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sculptured

sculptured

2 5.7
Carved or shaped with careful design and fine detail
  • adjective
  • /ˈskʌlpʧərd/
: escultórico
  • He admired the sculptured façade of the historic building, noting its intricate details.

Examples

  • The artist created a stunning sculptured piece that captured the beauty of the human form.

  • And he found some ruins, tall and boldly sculptured, sculptured as victory monuments or small as modest gravestones.

  • The garden was filled with sculptured hedges that added elegance to the landscape.

Synonyms

carved
vssculptured
39 3.1

Made by cutting into wood, stone, or metal to form a shape

is about either real cut work or only the look of cut detail
sculpted
vssculptured
13 3.9

Shaped or carved to have clear, smooth lines

is about appearing or being carefully made like sculpture rather than only the making process
molded
vssculptured
  • US
11 4.2

Shaped to fit by pressing soft material into a hard form

is more general, also covering careful carving or designed appearance not only molding
sculptural
vssculptured
8 6.1

Showing strong shapes like a statue

is more about deliberate cutting or forming than just having the look of sculpture
graven
vssculptured
  • Archaic
6 9.8

Cut into stone or wood to make letters and designs

is broader, meaning made like sculpture by shaping or design rather than only incised work
shaped
vssculptured
3 2.2

A thing made by bending or pressing soft material to fit another thing

is more specific to a careful, sculpture like appearance rather than general forming
modeled
vssculptured
  • US
1 5.0

Shaped with clear, strong lines like a carved statue

is about being made or appearing like sculpture generally rather than focused on contours
sculpturesque
vssculptured
8.1

A person or thing that looks like a statue and has a graceful, well-formed shape

is broader, meaning any careful carved or molded design rather than only graceful form

Antonyms

unformed
5 5.4

Not fully developed or given a clear shape

How Sculptured

sculptured
2 5.7
carved
39 3.1
molded
  • US
11 4.2
plain
33 2.5

Surface Forms

sculptured positive

Morphology

sculptured = sculpture (transparent) = sculpture + ed

The adjective is directly formed from 'sculpture' with the standard adjectival/past-participle suffix '-ed', so the meaning 'shaped like sculpture' is easily inferred.

Etymology

Sculptured comes from the Latin root sculpere which means 'to carve', and you can see the same root in the word sculpture. So something sculptured is like a surface 'carved' or carefully shaped with fine detail.