Baroque synonyms

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elaborate
Highly wrought or ornamented; complicated
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ornate (related)
The definition of ornate is heavily decorated, very elaborate or showy.
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extravagant
Extremely abundant; profuse:
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flamboyant
Richly or brightly colored; resplendent:
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florid
Highly decorated; gaudy; showy; ornate
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bizarre
Very odd in manner, appearance, etc.; grotesque
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irregular
The definition of irregular is something that doesn't conform to accepted or normal standards or that doesn't occur at regular intervals.
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plain (antonym)
Marked by little or no ornamentation or decoration:
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churrigueresque
Of or relating to a style of baroque architecture of Spain and its Latin-American colonies, characterized by elaborate and extravagant decoration.
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high-wrought
(Archaic) highly excited, overwrought
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gilt
Resembling gold, as in color or luster.
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grotesque
Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance.
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undecorated (antonym)
Not possessing decorations.
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unadorned (antonym)
Without adornment or embellishment; simple or plain.
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churrigueresco
having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; -William Dean Howells
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baroque
Irregular in shape:
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baroqueness
The state or condition of being baroque.
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Baroque era
the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
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baroque-period
(Music) the musical period of time following the Renaissance, extending roughly between 1600-1750.
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brain-born
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dream-built
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overlabored
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teratogenic
(Teratology) Causing malformations or defects to an embryo or foetus.
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gothic (related)
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mannerist (related)
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art-nouveau (related)
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classical (related)
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jacobean (related)
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vocal-music (related)
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romanesque (related)
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symphonic (related)
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neo-classicism (related)
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neo-classical (related)
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renaissance (related)
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mediaeval (related)
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georgian (related)
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teratoid
(Genetics, medicine) Monster-like, exhibiting abnormal development.
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Find another word for baroque. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for baroque, like: elaborate, ornate, extravagant, flamboyant, florid, bizarre, rococo, irregular, plain, churrigueresque and high-wrought.
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Baroque Sentence Examples

  • The present church is baroque in style, but contains some works of art of earlier periods.

  • The interior was restored in the baroque style in 1712.

  • The cathedral has a Romanesque Gothic portal of 1332 by a Roman marble worker named Deodatus, and the interior is decorated in the Baroque style, but still retains the pointed vaulting of 1154, introduced into Italy by French Benedictines; it contains a splendid silver antependium by the 15th-century goldsmith Nicolo di Guardiagrele (1433-48).

  • The church was, however, remodelled in 1676, and the interior is baroque.

  • Shapes vary from perfectly round to irregular Baroque pearls and tiny seed pearls.

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