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as in baroque
elaborately and often excessively decorated
an ornate gambling casino that is designed to look like an Italian palace
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as in rhetorical
full of fine words and fancy expressions
the ornate prose that was standard in all diplomatic correspondence in those days
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Recent Examples of ornate
Step inside to take in the ornate sanctuary that has anchored the city for nearly four centuries.
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Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Simple, unfussy islands are most popular today; designers say that overly ornate islands read dated.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
Each iteration grew larger and more ornate.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
In time, reticules became more ornate and decorative, fashioned in delicate silks and velvets with intricate embroideries.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Simple, unfussy islands are most popular today; designers say that overly ornate islands read dated.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
Each iteration grew larger and more ornate.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
In time, reticules became more ornate and decorative, fashioned in delicate silks and velvets with intricate embroideries.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornate
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As a solo artist, Batmanglij writes in a style that is baroque and sophisticated, and lightly warped in a way that recalls both Paul Simon and Radiohead.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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In the hands of almost any other novelist, this baroque profusion of forms, modes, and registers would achieve nothing more than confusion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Steyer’s emphasis on reducing regulatory barriers and permitting costs to address California’s housing crisis represents a substantive policy contribution that could appeal to voters prioritizing pragmatic solutions over rhetorical combat.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the following chapters of Quand j’étais photographe, Nadar plays on the rhetorical and material slipperiness of invention to craft a curious portrait of photography’s first fifty-odd years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Australian authorities have arrested and charged the country's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, with five war crime murders allegedly committed during the war in Afghanistan.—
Elaine Mallon,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The decorated skier suffered back-to-back injuries in the last month.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Then there’s the strategic introduction of accent colors, including the red stove, yellow chairs, and purple lava-stone countertop.—
Eleni N. Gage,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 May 2026
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Purple goes in the purple one, orange goes into the orange one.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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The song, which Diamond wrote with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, laments the cooling of a romance in language as direct as the music is florid; the recording, as the story goes, came in response to a homemade edit by a radio programmer eager to hear the two stars sing together.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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The desperate, contrary need to be different — to be florid — pulled me completely out of the story.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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The extravagant villa took a decade to build and was completed in 2018, crafted by architect and designer Peter Marino.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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From cheeky shots of celebrities like Jane Fonda and Arnold Schwarzenegger to extravagant, sensual portfolios of America’s Olympic squads, the magazine’s pantheon of photographers have helped to define the genre of sports portraiture.—
Kahina Sekkaï,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
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Her daughter is in a custom Dior pink flowery gown.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
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With all of the film’s complicated theoretical physics and flowery musings about the power of love and time, going melodramatic could push the film into eyeroll territory.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Darden also notes that scenic wallpapers, gilded mirrors, marble elements, European antique art, and Louis the 16th-style furniture are common sights in Parisian homes and restaurants.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
27 Apr. 2026
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The bathroom was particularly fabulous, with its slim burgundy tiles, back-to-back sink situation, rounded gilded mirrors and vast waterfall shower.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Ornate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornate. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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