UNEMBELLISHED Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

unembellished

adjective

ˌən-im-ˈbe-lisht

as in simple

free from all additions or embellishment an unembellished vase is best because it won't take attention away from the flowers

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Recent Examples of unembellished Israelis, Palestinians, and other local actors ignore the charade—leaving behind the bromides about the two-state solution, peace, democracy, and American mediation—and revert to more visceral, unembellished attitudes that sprout from their pasts. —

Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2025 Safdie’s film is rather a sweet duet between a remarkably unembellished Johnson and a blazingly good, blue-collar and freshly blown-out Emily Blunt as his codependent girlfriend and eventual wife Dawn Staples-Kerr. —

Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2025 Her pair reminds me of these Earth penny loafers with a warm brown hue and unembellished vamp. —

Izzy Baskette, People.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Both details were singled out by critics as too outrageously weird, too obviously Lockwood-like, to be unembellished. —

Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unembellished

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Adjective

While the simple Deluxe Room is ideal for a quick overnight trip, guests looking for a longer stay should spread out in the Junior Suite with Living & Dining Area, which opens onto a semi-private stone patio with a bocce court and a firepit in the warmer months.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026
Huxley might easily have written a simpler novel glorifying intellectuals while mocking Stoyte’s greed and indifference to suffering.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026