Antonyms for ornateness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awr-neyt

Phonetic Transcription : ɔrˈneɪt

Definition of ornateness

Origin : early 15c., from Latin ornatus "fitted out, furnished, supplied; adorned, decorated, embellished," past participle of ornare "adorn, fit out," from stem of ordo "order" (see order (n.)). Earliest reference is to literary style. Related: Ornately; ornateness.

As in urbanity : noun elegance
As in elegance : noun cultivated beauty, taste

Example sentences :

As we should expect, there is a fairly steady movement from simplicity to ornateness.
Extract from : « Old Picture Books » by Alfred W. Pollard

There was a striving for effect, with ornateness and extravagance, and finally the art passed out entirely.
Extract from : « A Text-Book of the History of Painting » by John C. Van Dyke

The ornateness of architecture appears in the East and West in nearly equal measure.
Extract from : « Prowling about Panama » by George A. Miller

The writing masters of that time cared far more for ornateness than for verity, or even legibility.
Extract from : « A Captain in the Ranks » by George Cary Eggleston

It was the time when ornateness of figure and poeticalness of diction were regarded as essentials of style.
Extract from : « A History of American Literature Since 1870 » by Fred Lewis Pattee

Some of the extra-illuminated books of this period are among the most beautiful printed books ever issued in their ornateness.
Extract from : « The Century of Columbus » by James J. Walsh

The prize tools reflected little of the ornateness apparent in the wares of most of the other exhibitors.
Extract from : « Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 » by Peter C. Welsh

The emphasis in these rhetorics on style is the same: ornateness in communication is achieved through using the figures.
Extract from : « A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes » by Richard Sherry

It is a sound policy to avoid the ornateness that frequently accompanies a large and unskillfully planned area.
Extract from : « Industrial Arts Design » by William H. Varnum

Tristrem repeated, utterly unimpressed by the ornateness of the novelist's remarks.
Extract from : « The Truth About Tristrem Varick » by Edgar Saltus

Synonyms for ornateness

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