Definition of adorned Adorned

/ʌdɔˈɹnd/ - [udornd] -

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

adorned - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
  decorated
  unadorned, undecorated not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction
  clad, clothed having an outer covering especially of thin metal; "steel-clad"; "armor-clad"
  fancy not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
  gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly, beady covered with beads or jewels or sequins
  bedaubed ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion
  bespectacled, monocled, spectacled wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass; "a bespectacled grandmother"; "the monocled gentleman"
  brocaded, embossed, raised embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork"
  buttony ornamented with many buttons
  carbuncled set with carbuncles
  champleve, cloisonne (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired
  clinquant, tinseled, tinselly glittering with gold or silver
  crested, plumed (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume
  topknotted, crested, tufted (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume
  crested (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume
  crocketed (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage); "a crocketed spire"
  feathered, feathery, plumy having or covered with feathers; "our feathered friends"
  frilled, frilly, ruffled having decorative ruffles or frills
  fringed having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips
  gilt-edged having gilded edges as the pages of a book
  inflamed adorned with tongues of flame
  inlaid adorned by inlays
  inwrought having a decorative pattern worked or woven in; "an inwrought design"
  tessellated decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic; "a tessellated pavement"
  mounted decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger"- F.V.W.Mason
  paneled, wainscoted fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting
  studded dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads; usually used in combination; "star-studded heavens"; "diamond-studded belt"
  tapestried hung or decorated with tapestry
  tasseled, tasselled fringed or adorned with tassels
  tricked-out decorated in a particular way; "tricked-out cupboards looking like Georgian cabinets"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • adorned (imp. & p. p.)
    of Adorn

Part of speech

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  • adorned, verb, past participle of adorn (infinitive).
  • adorned, verb, past simple of adorn (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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