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Another word for ornate

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Adjective

  1. Elaborately and heavily ornamented

      1. Irregular in shape:
      2. (Music) Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of composition that flourished in Europe from about 1600 to 1750, marked by expressive dissonance and elaborate ornamentation.
      3. Fantastically overdecorated; gaudily ornate
      1. (Architecture) Referred to as the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
      2. Of, relating to, or having wavy lines and flamelike forms characteristic of 15th- and 16th-century French Gothic architecture.
      3. Designating or of a kind of architecture, as late French Gothic, characterized by flamelike tracery of windows and florid decoration
      1. Flushed with rosy color; ruddy.
      2. Highly decorated; gaudy; showy; ornate
      3. Very ornate; flowery:
      1. Of, or relating to the rococo style.
      2. Too profuse and elaborate in ornamentation; florid and tasteless
      3. Of or in rococo
    See also:

    plain

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Another word for ornate

Modifier

  1. Highly decorated

    See also:

    elaborate

  2. Referring to writing or speech

    See also:

    elegant

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Sentence Examples

  • The church of St Stephen, outside the town, retains its ornate Norman font.

  • muliebri ornate in Tacitus), and in middle high German by Hartungen.

  • After parking his vehicle—no easy chore with the summer traffic—he entered the beautiful and ornate Victorian hotel.

  • The church of St Andrew retains some ornate Norman work, but is mainly a Perpendicular reconstruction.

  • The chapter-house, a magnificent ornate building, was built during the same period.

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