ornateness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornateness
Noun
  • That’s because Safdie wanted to give Kerr’s everyday life a sense of epic grandeur.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Mikael Owunna’s photographs from his Infinite Essence series, which draw on Igbo and Dogon cosmologies, depict luminous bodies suspended in celestial grandeur.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The experience is opulence done right, paired with a rather enjoyable menu.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The brine of bottarga and spice of Scotch bonnet cut through the richness to balance out this dip that is a real treat to kick off your meal.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • A little hot sauce and black pepper add a kick that cuts through the richness.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Since the outset of Major League Baseball’s Live Ball Era in 1920 through the present day, Kershaw’s magnificence begins with winning percentage.
    Wayne G. McDonnell, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Five different combined wavelengths show the true magnificence and diversity of phenomena at play in the Crab Nebula.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • The pieces strike a balance between effortless cool and elegance.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Our Matte Black Metal Candle Warmer Lamp features a modern black shade with a gold-tone accent, adding elegance to any space.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the series, Marie, an ambitious young woman of minor nobility, learns that her lung disease is terminal.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The film focuses on the power grabbing tête-à-tête between both Sarah and Abigail, with the latter even marrying a colonel in order to regain her nobility.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At a time when Germany still had a monarchy, the grandness of the Reichstag’s design was intended to rival any structure the monarchy would build for itself.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Ornateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornateness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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