Synonyms for ornate
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : awr-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɔrˈneɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for ornate Other synonyms for the word ornate
- adorned
- aureate
- bedecked
- bright
- brilliant
- busy
- colored
- convoluted
- dazzling
- elaborate
- fine
- flamboyant
- flashy
- flaunting
- florid
- flowery
- fussy
- glitzy
- glossy
- high-wrought
- jeweled
- luscious
- meretricious
- opulent
- ornamented
- ostentatious
- overdone
- overelaborate
- pretentious
- resplendent
- rich
- rococo
- showy
- sparkling
- splashy
- sumptuous
- superficial
- tawdry
- variegated
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for ornate
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