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

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

Once plated, the steak remains at center stage, adorned with a drizzle of the bright, herbaceous chermoula, which enhances the meat without overpowering its rich flavor. — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

The duffel bag was adorned with the All-Star Game logo and there was an Old English D on each end. — CBS News, 12 July 2026

Yet on subsequent public appearances, her hand was bare or adorned with other rings. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 July 2026

The caves are adorned with 60-metre-long stalactites which descend from the roof like mesmerising aliens. — James Rampton, TheWeek, 9 July 2026

The space also features an abundance of fake plants, vegetables and crates adorned with his custom logo. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026

In the National League title-winning season (2022-23) when TikTok’s name adorned the front, around 24,000 shirts were ordered and quickly sold out. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 July 2026

Later in the Foos upstairs lounge, Karter sits at a table by the window, adorned in multiple rings and pearls, her long black hair accented with a lock of platinum above her forehead. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 6 July 2026