Antonyms for ornate

Grammar : Adj

Spell : awr-neyt

Phonetic Transcription : ɔrˈneɪt

Definition of ornate

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.

adj fancily decorated

Example sentences :

The mass was an ornate one, though not more so than they were accustomed to at Beaulieu.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

During the remaining years of the century the foot was worked into ornate lobes.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

His eyes and tongue were caught away by the ornate structure of the opera-house.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

Its crenellations and turrets are military and forceful, not ornate.
Extract from : « Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 » by Elise Whitlock Rose

Yes, it is very handsome, no doubt, but too ornate and pie-crusty for my—taste.
Extract from : « Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman » by Emma Speed Sampson

Then they were in front of an ornate door, with their weapons ready.
Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey

Then the mistress entered a more capacious and ornate apartment.
Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli

And although the luncheon came in courses it was not ornate.
Extract from : « The Girls at Mount Morris » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

They were dressed in the ornate court dress of the Western Empire, he saw.
Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole

Turning the handle of the door, he walked into the large, ornate apartment.
Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace

Synonyms for ornate

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