Synonyms of adorned

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adjective

as in decorated

Related Words

• decorated
• bedecked
• trimmed
• ornamented
• decked
• dressed
• garnished
• embellished
• arrayed
• enriched
• beautified
• gaudy
• elaborate
• frilly
• showy
• garish
• glitzy
• lacy
• enhanced
• flowery
• intensified
• tawdry
• swank
• flashy
• ostentatious
• emblazoned
• fringed
• extreme
• bedaubed
• loud
• laced
• bejeweled
• embroidered
• gilded
• embossed
• heightened
• garlanded
• wreathed
• pretentious
• spectacular
• chased
• sequined
• flamboyant
• extravagant
• rococo
• flounced
• ornate
• splashy
• baroque
• arabesque
• bossed
• gingerbread
• bedizened
• overwrought
• overdecorated
• florid
• gingerbreaded
• gingerbready
• fussy

Dissimilar Words

• plain
• unadorned
• severe
• austere
• stripped
• stark
• naked
• uncovered
• exposed
• bare
• simple
• modest
• denuded
• unassuming
• subdued
• restrained
• unpretentious
• tasteful
• understated
• quiet
• muted
• conservative
• unobtrusive
• toned-down

adorned

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verb

past tense of adorn

as in draped

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

the Sultan's tent was richly adorned with thick tapestries and gleaming gold candlesticks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorated
• draped
• ornamented
• graced
• festooned
• trimmed
• dressed
• decked
• painted
• embellished
• bedecked
• beautified
• enriched
• garnished
• embossed
• blazoned
• arrayed
• bedizened
• caparisoned
• emblazed
• gussied up
• embroidered
• prettied (up)
• fancified
• accessorized
• did
• brightened
• did up
• dolled up
• fancied up
• trapped
• glitzed (up)
• freshened
• garlanded
• gilded
• tricked (out)
• chased
• fringed
• hung
• smartened
• wreathed
• ribboned
• feathered
• braided
• jeweled
• flounced
• laced
• filleted
• frilled
• dressed up
• spruced (up)
• figured
• bossed
• redecorated
• swagged
• gemmed
• filigreed
• appliquéd
• pearled
• redid
• furbelowed
• impearled
• diamonded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scarred
• defaced
• disfigured
• marred
• displayed
• simplified
• revealed
• spoiled
• blemished
• exposed
• stripped
• streamlined
• uncovered
• dismantled
• denuded
• bared
• divested
• uglified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adorned

Verb

Giant banners showing the faces of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, and Leon Trotsky adorned its rallies. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Nearby, the irrepressible older artist Nina Yankowitz, who completed a retrospective of her six-decade-long career at the Parrish earlier this year, was talking to Joan Semmel, 93, in a dress adorned with stars. — Vanessa Grigoriadis, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026

For the service, Wells’ casket, in dark blue, was adorned with baby blue and white flowers. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

His sports jerseys were framed and lined up next to the casket, which was adorned with blue and white flowers. — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026

Someone unfamiliar with salt bread might even suspect a major baking error, seeing a questionably smooth croissant that entirely missed the lamination process, adorned with only a few flecks of salt acting as its saving grace. — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 19 July 2026

Most ladybug larvae have elongated bodies, often orange and black, adorned with spikes like tiny alligators. — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Then, at Silverstone over Fourth of July weekend, the Cadillacs were delightfully adorned in a red, white and blue arrangement to honor the 250th anniversary of the United States. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Photos of personal belongings, like smartphones, left behind the bar on the night of fire adorned the walls. — ABC News, 15 July 2026