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Definition of Adorned
1. Adjective. Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction.
Similar to: Beady, Gemmed, Jeweled, Jewelled, Sequined, Spangled, Spangly, Bedaubed, Bespectacled, Monocled, Spectacled, Brocaded, Embossed, Raised, Buttony, Carbuncled, Champleve, Cloisonne, Clinquant, Tinseled, Tinselly, Crested, Plumed, Crested, Topknotted, Tufted, Crested, Crocketed, Feathered, Feathery, Plumy, Frilled, Frilly, Ruffled, Fringed, Gilt-edged, Inflamed, Inlaid, Inwrought, Tessellated, Mounted, Paneled, Wainscoted, Studded, Tapestried, Tasseled, Tasselled, Tricked-out, Tufted
Also: Clad, Clothed, Fancy
Antonyms: Unadorned
Definition of Adorned
1. Verb. (past of adorn) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adorned
1. adorn [v] - See also: adorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adorned
Literary usage of Adorned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians: Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1774)
"The upper part of their circumference was adorned with ... was adorned with chafed .
rk, and the rim, together with the two handles and the bife, ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"The pictured forme of saints and the scenes of sacred history adorned the walls
of his churches. Above all, he provided his monks with a noble collection of ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... adorned by the fancy of Boethius aci the classic elegance of Buchanan.111 Their
itT». Six years after the death of Constantine the destructive inroads ..."
4. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"These, in the Middle Ages, were mostly embroidered with symbolic devices, and
often adorned with gems and plates of ..."
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